I think what needs to be said basically is Valve won't do a Linux port just to be nice. They are going to want to make money on it. It would take a lot of man hours to port this game, since it depends on DirectX9 so much, and I just don't think the monetary return is there.
I am curious, does anyone know how much some of these programs that solicit donations make a year?
I have seen a few fail, who had this system in place. I know DeadAIM went to a forced donation system, because they weren't getting enough. They seemed very open about this fact. I know probably close to 50 people who have spybot, and would never think to donate. I think the tech people who are aware of the things these people go through to make these programs do donate. The general public though doesn't, and they are the one's who use the majority of these resources. It would suprise me if many of these projects made enough to cover their hosting costs, let alone enough to quit their job, and make some good money.
I don't know a whole lot about trademark law, but Apple may have a chance to beat this one actually. If you went up to a 100 people and ask them to say the first thing that comes to them when asked the word apple, and you told them it couldn't be a food, I bet most would say Apple computer.
What if a nuclear war breaks out between India, and Pakistan? What if some extremist group launchs a major attack in one of the countries? What if some crazy dictator comes to power in one of the countries, and tries to extort US Companies? I truly feel that we are going to get burned with this outsourcing. There are many goods made in these countries, that if the supply was cut off, we could do without, but how do these tech companies plan to handle something bad happening. Information is different, and I am afraid one day we are going to get stung by one of these governments.
Well, it depends on where you are in your career, and where you plan to go. If you hope to be a CIO one day for a major company, than a Phd would be a big help. I have noticed that a lot of companies like to flaunt their executives education. I think most HR people fear you will expect too much. For example they may think you'll want to get promoted quickly just because of your education. It probably won't hurt you as long as you come off well, and explain why you want that job, and not to do research.
Drivers are the weakest part for every OS out there. I have seen drivers crash everything from PalmOS to Linux, and just about every other consumer type OS out there. I think anyone who has done tech support can attest to how many poorly written drivers there are out there. I like that MS has this signed driver thing going on, because it does add some checks and balances into the system. As much as Open Source? No, but at least it does add some.
Find a way to pay for it, and then ads won't be needed. All those servers and bandwidth cost a lot of money. So do employee's. I really don't think there is a good way to open source a search engine. There are too many physical costs, and I don't like the idea of a Distrubted search engine either.
I have to disagree with you. The reason is people will pay for content if it's worth it. People pay for dating and meeting sites all the time, and I heard ESPN Insider does well. The problem is people don't want subscriptions. If I see an article I want to read, then I should be able to buy that article, and not a months worth for $9.95 or whatever. In the long run people will pay for quality sites, that are well run, well moderated, and deliver interesting content.
I have this box, and all I do is record premium channels. This box is really nice, and does a pretty good job. I am amazed at how many people I know have it.
better question....How many lay people would know how to close port 135? With out your local techie most people would never know about this. The release of these bug reports only really matter to people in the know. Not sure what we can do to help people out since even Linux has problems, and I know these same lay people wouldn't be any better off in downloading patches, turning off various things, or blocking ports.
With the way government contracts work and stuff, the TCO on Open source could easily be twice this figure. The process for hiring people in government can be pretty lengthy, and ivolve a lot of cost. I think they wanted an OS that was easy to use, and fills their needs. Also, most of the staff and personnel are familiar with Windows I'm sure.
I think most people would benefit from the use of a PDA, if they were taught how to use it. People try to use a PDA as a replacement for their planners, and thats fine. The bad part is they don't learn how a PDA can make that task so much easier. Once you learn to sync it up to your computer, and services like Yahoo! then you can begin to use the real power of these devices. I think the apps that ship with most PDA's are a bad representation of whats out there. With the addition of a simple Wi-Fi card, I can check e-mail, browse the web, or even do something to a remote server, and all I need is a hotspot, which seem to be more and more prevelant. I think this JVC device is a step in the right direction. I really hope that pda's take off even more, because they can be a really great tool.
I hope this SCO stuff goes away before it scars the image of Open Source. The more that CIO's and the like read about these lawsuits, the more likely they are to be skitish about using OSS for risk of being sued. Who knows if that'll happen, but some of this is giving ammo to the crowd who calls the GPL and the like viruses.
The phone companies need to stop the turn over on cell phone number, and have about a 6 month period where the number is not active. Then they need to include that nice little greeting that will tell you what the number has been changed too, even if its with a different carrier. I know every time I have switched my land line when I have moved they have always given me the option to put whatever number I want on that little message people get. I do like the idea of number portability, but there definetly needs to be a system of penalities for switching too often. The reason is, I know some people would switch carriers every month or 2, and I do think that is a bit unfair to the market.
Since I first got on to the web in 1995 we have seen a lot of change in the area of search engines. I remember so many that have come and gone its amazing to me. To think google will be #1 forever is short sighted. I love it, don't get me wrong, but to be honest all MicroSoft would have to do is advertise some and they could probably hurt Google. I remember when Ask Jeeves was the big deal in search. They were doing all those commercials for it. I think we remember others as well. The truth is really, if MS wants to beat Google they need to take some of that money in their piggy bank and out it towards finding a better way to search than Google. Thats basically how Google got to where its at, it built a better search.
ooops....small laptop keyboard, big hands, not a good combination. I hit send accidentally, anyways, my point was MS will probably take all the good comments being said and build them into the next version of IE. I know many of you probably doubt wheather they would actually put a pop-up blocker in, but they will do anything to make sure they keep their lead. I hope Aol starts bringing the Mozilla and Gecko code into more of their projects, and hopefully give MS some real competition.
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The long time in between releases of Internet explorer has me a bit concerned for Mozilla. It just seems odd that they haven't even come out with 6.5 yet, let alone 7.0. I have heard rumors and the like, but I don't but a lot of faith in those. What I fear is Redmond is sitting back, and watching every move the Mozilla community makes. Then the popular stuff, they are putting into their browser. I would be shocked if that haven't added tabs to the development code yet. On my XP machine I.E. is my primary browser, and I do like how it runs on Windows since it really does run most websites best. I agree many are poorly coded, but there isn't much I can do about that. On my Powerbook though I use Camino and Safari.
One thing that I have done to make some money if taking small consulting jobs in small cities. By small I mean 50,000 to 100,000 people for the whole county its in. I usally find business in these areas have trouble finding good IT solutions, and are sick of bringing in big consulting companies from large cities who charge a fortune. They don't pay a ton, but the nice thing about small cities and towns is that word gets around really quick, and you can have your fair share of jobs quickly if your rates are fair, and you do a good job. Just one thing to remember, since this is/. is to not force things on them they aren't familiar with. So, stick with windows unless Linux is truly a better option. Hard to explain here, but if you go through it once you'll understand. Learn outdated stuff, for example, there is this major corporation where I live that is dying for people who know how to run these one types of jobs on a mainframe. They pay well too. The problem is they can't find anyone to do the job. You can always try 3rd shift as well, thats usally a good way to get in the door. The posters here have left plenty of good ideas, and I think it really depends on so many factors these days to find a job.
This reminds of a quote I read by Henry Ford one time that something to the effect of "I would give my cars away if I could have a monopoly on the replacement parts. This was in consumer reports, and then they did a break down of a Ford Explorer and showed how it would cost $70,000 to buy it part by part. Interesting stuff, as I see it Lexmark is trying to do the same thing. The problem is these printer companies aren't really slashing the prices deeply, the keep them high and just take extra profit. It's a pretty established business tactic. Video game companies do it all the time, and cell phone companies do it with their contracts.
I remember when this news came out a week or 2 ago and all of you just bashed Microsoft left and right. Now it comes out Sony and Nintendo were involved I don't see any of you out bashing. Thats the problem with many of you on sites like this, you are so hateful of MS it blinds you. I think mod-chips should be stopped. They are being used to pirate games, and in turn thats going to hurt us in the long run since these companies make their money on game sales, not hardware. As for being able to play Japanese games, first there aren't really anything like that for x-box, second I do think we should be allowed to play them. I think there should be some kind of add-on sold by sony and Nintendo that allows people to legally play Japense games. I don't know about all this. I just wish some of you would open your eyes on issues like this.
WOW!!! You aren't lying, that is very close to how Apple's is layed out. It's one thing to use it a template for yours, but they out right ripped parts of it off! Damn near the whole thing.
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Something I think has been overlooked by everyone here is some credit advice. Let me tell you, avoid all the offers you'll get for credit cards. These companies will throw money at you. I am now very in debt thanks to these cards. They give you like 1-5 thousand dollar credit lines, and then one night you'll get the urge to buy something with it, then its all downhill from there. I do recommend keep a low limit one, (like $1000) for emergencies, but stay away from using it at all costs.
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I think what needs to be said basically is Valve won't do a Linux port just to be nice. They are going to want to make money on it. It would take a lot of man hours to port this game, since it depends on DirectX9 so much, and I just don't think the monetary return is there.
I am curious, does anyone know how much some of these programs that solicit donations make a year? I have seen a few fail, who had this system in place. I know DeadAIM went to a forced donation system, because they weren't getting enough. They seemed very open about this fact. I know probably close to 50 people who have spybot, and would never think to donate. I think the tech people who are aware of the things these people go through to make these programs do donate. The general public though doesn't, and they are the one's who use the majority of these resources. It would suprise me if many of these projects made enough to cover their hosting costs, let alone enough to quit their job, and make some good money.
I don't know a whole lot about trademark law, but Apple may have a chance to beat this one actually. If you went up to a 100 people and ask them to say the first thing that comes to them when asked the word apple, and you told them it couldn't be a food, I bet most would say Apple computer.
What if a nuclear war breaks out between India, and Pakistan? What if some extremist group launchs a major attack in one of the countries? What if some crazy dictator comes to power in one of the countries, and tries to extort US Companies? I truly feel that we are going to get burned with this outsourcing. There are many goods made in these countries, that if the supply was cut off, we could do without, but how do these tech companies plan to handle something bad happening. Information is different, and I am afraid one day we are going to get stung by one of these governments.
Well, it depends on where you are in your career, and where you plan to go. If you hope to be a CIO one day for a major company, than a Phd would be a big help. I have noticed that a lot of companies like to flaunt their executives education. I think most HR people fear you will expect too much. For example they may think you'll want to get promoted quickly just because of your education. It probably won't hurt you as long as you come off well, and explain why you want that job, and not to do research.
Drivers are the weakest part for every OS out there. I have seen drivers crash everything from PalmOS to Linux, and just about every other consumer type OS out there. I think anyone who has done tech support can attest to how many poorly written drivers there are out there. I like that MS has this signed driver thing going on, because it does add some checks and balances into the system. As much as Open Source? No, but at least it does add some.
Find a way to pay for it, and then ads won't be needed. All those servers and bandwidth cost a lot of money. So do employee's. I really don't think there is a good way to open source a search engine. There are too many physical costs, and I don't like the idea of a Distrubted search engine either.
I have to disagree with you. The reason is people will pay for content if it's worth it. People pay for dating and meeting sites all the time, and I heard ESPN Insider does well. The problem is people don't want subscriptions. If I see an article I want to read, then I should be able to buy that article, and not a months worth for $9.95 or whatever. In the long run people will pay for quality sites, that are well run, well moderated, and deliver interesting content.
I have this box, and all I do is record premium channels. This box is really nice, and does a pretty good job. I am amazed at how many people I know have it.
better question....How many lay people would know how to close port 135? With out your local techie most people would never know about this. The release of these bug reports only really matter to people in the know. Not sure what we can do to help people out since even Linux has problems, and I know these same lay people wouldn't be any better off in downloading patches, turning off various things, or blocking ports.
With the way government contracts work and stuff, the TCO on Open source could easily be twice this figure. The process for hiring people in government can be pretty lengthy, and ivolve a lot of cost. I think they wanted an OS that was easy to use, and fills their needs. Also, most of the staff and personnel are familiar with Windows I'm sure.
I think most people would benefit from the use of a PDA, if they were taught how to use it. People try to use a PDA as a replacement for their planners, and thats fine. The bad part is they don't learn how a PDA can make that task so much easier. Once you learn to sync it up to your computer, and services like Yahoo! then you can begin to use the real power of these devices. I think the apps that ship with most PDA's are a bad representation of whats out there. With the addition of a simple Wi-Fi card, I can check e-mail, browse the web, or even do something to a remote server, and all I need is a hotspot, which seem to be more and more prevelant. I think this JVC device is a step in the right direction. I really hope that pda's take off even more, because they can be a really great tool.
I hope this SCO stuff goes away before it scars the image of Open Source. The more that CIO's and the like read about these lawsuits, the more likely they are to be skitish about using OSS for risk of being sued. Who knows if that'll happen, but some of this is giving ammo to the crowd who calls the GPL and the like viruses.
The phone companies need to stop the turn over on cell phone number, and have about a 6 month period where the number is not active. Then they need to include that nice little greeting that will tell you what the number has been changed too, even if its with a different carrier. I know every time I have switched my land line when I have moved they have always given me the option to put whatever number I want on that little message people get. I do like the idea of number portability, but there definetly needs to be a system of penalities for switching too often. The reason is, I know some people would switch carriers every month or 2, and I do think that is a bit unfair to the market.
Since I first got on to the web in 1995 we have seen a lot of change in the area of search engines. I remember so many that have come and gone its amazing to me. To think google will be #1 forever is short sighted. I love it, don't get me wrong, but to be honest all MicroSoft would have to do is advertise some and they could probably hurt Google. I remember when Ask Jeeves was the big deal in search. They were doing all those commercials for it. I think we remember others as well. The truth is really, if MS wants to beat Google they need to take some of that money in their piggy bank and out it towards finding a better way to search than Google. Thats basically how Google got to where its at, it built a better search.
ooops....small laptop keyboard, big hands, not a good combination. I hit send accidentally, anyways, my point was MS will probably take all the good comments being said and build them into the next version of IE. I know many of you probably doubt wheather they would actually put a pop-up blocker in, but they will do anything to make sure they keep their lead. I hope Aol starts bringing the Mozilla and Gecko code into more of their projects, and hopefully give MS some real competition.
The long time in between releases of Internet explorer has me a bit concerned for Mozilla. It just seems odd that they haven't even come out with 6.5 yet, let alone 7.0. I have heard rumors and the like, but I don't but a lot of faith in those. What I fear is Redmond is sitting back, and watching every move the Mozilla community makes. Then the popular stuff, they are putting into their browser. I would be shocked if that haven't added tabs to the development code yet. On my XP machine I.E. is my primary browser, and I do like how it runs on Windows since it really does run most websites best. I agree many are poorly coded, but there isn't much I can do about that. On my Powerbook though I use Camino and Safari.
One thing that I have done to make some money if taking small consulting jobs in small cities. By small I mean 50,000 to 100,000 people for the whole county its in. I usally find business in these areas have trouble finding good IT solutions, and are sick of bringing in big consulting companies from large cities who charge a fortune. They don't pay a ton, but the nice thing about small cities and towns is that word gets around really quick, and you can have your fair share of jobs quickly if your rates are fair, and you do a good job. Just one thing to remember, since this is /. is to not force things on them they aren't familiar with. So, stick with windows unless Linux is truly a better option. Hard to explain here, but if you go through it once you'll understand. Learn outdated stuff, for example, there is this major corporation where I live that is dying for people who know how to run these one types of jobs on a mainframe. They pay well too. The problem is they can't find anyone to do the job. You can always try 3rd shift as well, thats usally a good way to get in the door. The posters here have left plenty of good ideas, and I think it really depends on so many factors these days to find a job.
This reminds of a quote I read by Henry Ford one time that something to the effect of "I would give my cars away if I could have a monopoly on the replacement parts. This was in consumer reports, and then they did a break down of a Ford Explorer and showed how it would cost $70,000 to buy it part by part. Interesting stuff, as I see it Lexmark is trying to do the same thing. The problem is these printer companies aren't really slashing the prices deeply, the keep them high and just take extra profit. It's a pretty established business tactic. Video game companies do it all the time, and cell phone companies do it with their contracts.
I remember when this news came out a week or 2 ago and all of you just bashed Microsoft left and right. Now it comes out Sony and Nintendo were involved I don't see any of you out bashing. Thats the problem with many of you on sites like this, you are so hateful of MS it blinds you. I think mod-chips should be stopped. They are being used to pirate games, and in turn thats going to hurt us in the long run since these companies make their money on game sales, not hardware. As for being able to play Japanese games, first there aren't really anything like that for x-box, second I do think we should be allowed to play them. I think there should be some kind of add-on sold by sony and Nintendo that allows people to legally play Japense games. I don't know about all this. I just wish some of you would open your eyes on issues like this.
WOW!!! You aren't lying, that is very close to how Apple's is layed out. It's one thing to use it a template for yours, but they out right ripped parts of it off! Damn near the whole thing.
nuclear Pronunciation Key (nkl-r, ny-) adj. Biology. Of, relating to, or forming a nucleus: a nuclear membrane. Physics. Of or relating to atomic nuclei: a nuclear chain reaction. Using or derived from the energy of atomic nuclei: nuclear power. Of, using, or possessing atomic or hydrogen bombs: nuclear war; nuclear nations.
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Something I think has been overlooked by everyone here is some credit advice. Let me tell you, avoid all the offers you'll get for credit cards. These companies will throw money at you. I am now very in debt thanks to these cards. They give you like 1-5 thousand dollar credit lines, and then one night you'll get the urge to buy something with it, then its all downhill from there. I do recommend keep a low limit one, (like $1000) for emergencies, but stay away from using it at all costs.