I realize this is off-topic, but I seem to remember a discussion a while back about how iTunes and the iPod shuffle playlists, and how that relates to the rating of each song. Does iTunes/iPod base the shuffle on the rating at all? If it does, I haven't seen it yet.
What I do is I make 4 playlists. Each one has two rules: 1. My Rating is (2,3,4,5) Stars. 2. Last Played is not in the last (20,16,12,8) weeks.
Then my 'General Listening' playlist selects songs from any of those four smart playlists. Therefore, I can hear the same 5-star song more often than a 2-star song. Simple!
Just thought I'd pass that along. I like iTunes just fine; at first I was very addicted to Windows Media Player but after having used iTunes for a few months now I like it just fine and don't see a real need to switch.
Really now, why switch? What is the pressing need?
What about old hardware that does not have a signed driver? I have a 21" Cornerstone monitor, that, I think the company went out of business, never had a signed driver? For a monitor, sure, I could possibly select the modes manually, but what about my HP Laserjet 4L? What about my 4 year-old scanner? I won't have "new" drivers for these things and, I haven't looked lately, but I have a lot of software and hardware that doesn't seem to have signed drivers.
OK, forgive me for being dumb and semi-pro-Microsoft, but WHY does Microsoft have to make their software clients operate with any given server OS? I mean, it's their software, why must they allow other server OS's to interact with their client?
Please keep in mind this is a question of what they must do, not what is advisable. (i.e. it is advisable for MS to allow other server OS's to operate with their client software because they can sell more client licenses.) That's not the question. The question is, again, why do they have to let other Server OS's emulate theirs?
What annoys me is that I read an article where the judge stated that he'd make sure there were provisions for the governemnt so RIM could continue service for them. I'd like to know what incredibly vital governemnt service is being supplied by BlackBerry email? Is the DoD depending on Blackberry email to keep this country safe? I think not.
This is me understanding that shutting down the Blackberry service basicly only shuts down the unit's ability to send and receive email, but not make phone calls (provided by the cellular provider).
If they're shutting us down, shut down the spoiled govt brats too. See how long it takes to get the workaround up and running.
Here's the difference. When I play UT2004, I get owned by 12 year old kids who play for like, what, 2 hours a week? And I put in 40 and still suck. I think the MMPORG's are fairly not-skill based, and they need to be that way. There's strategy and thinking, but if you put skill in there the people that have money (i.e. people with jobs) will quit because they're getting owned by people without money (12 year old kids). Something nearly *everyone* has that plays that game is extra time, and over time things will even out. I think it's a good thing that "time-spent-playing-the-game" > "ability-to-punch-buttons-quickly-and-move-mouse-a ccurately"
Life lessons? I don't think so. It's a game. If you're learning life lessons from WoW I'd say you need better parents.
Holy crap are you sooooooooooooo right. MOD PARENT UP!!!
But do we want Linux to be mainstream? Or I should say, do Linux users/developers want Linux to be mainstream? I read some of the other responses to your posts (trolls...) and some of them make good points. Insecurity is bred by ease of use. Yet when I gave Linux a go two years ago I found it quite difficult to use (adding a hard drive, for example) and just plain awkward. I don't think it's *bad*, per se, but I think about my Mom, when I suggested getting a Dell to replace her current 7 year old computer, asking if she'll be able to shop online. She asked me that after I told her she could browse the web...:\
Not all users are like that, but if you want Linux to be mainstream, simple install, simple hardware addition, all need to be there.
But I reiterate, do you all *want* Linux to be mainstream?
I guess if that's true that he's so bad he won't get re-elected! Yay voters! But then, if the majority likes what he's doing then he might just stick around. Yay voters!:)
It depends on how complete the combustion is. The products of complete combustion are carbon dioxide and water. I think perfect combustion is a stretch for this unit, but like I said, it depends.:D
We're slow to punish people for several reasons, I think:
Lawyers
Invested capital
Circumstances
I think we try to be an understaing society, forced by lawyers suing companies for wrongful termination. Then, when you bring someone into an organization, there's a certain amount of time that has to pass while you try to make money off the person. If you pay for relocation, training, and a few months of "getting used to the company" time, you've got a lot of money invested in that person. You sometimes have to wait to see if it pays off. And then we also try to take into account the circumstances of the individual, or at least I hope we do. If that person is going through some personal trauma, we try to take that into account if they are going through an unproductive period. Of course, if #2 and #3 happen at the same time there's not much of a future for you at the company.:(
Now, if it's been verified that you are indeed an *idiot* and management knows it, you won't be around long...
Why is there such a fundamental disconnect between the engineers and *everyone* else in a business environment?
This is sort of off topic, but I'm answering TubeSteak's question. I would opine that it's because the suits don't want the engineers doing stuff that doesn't directly make themselves money. I've gotten into "trouble" before because of my penchant and ability with computers. Doggone it if I can take 2 hours and develop a tool that will save me 15 minutes a day for the next 5 years, or longer, why shouldn't I?
Cause it's not my job.:(
I think also that perhaps the suits look down on us in some ways for being overly excited about equations, calculations, and being just really really anal and annoying at times when things aren't *exactly* right. In my line of work if you're not careful people get killed. I *have* to be this way, but in the end I enjoy it.:)
In the same respect, there's a lot of engineers out there that don't care about the nifty tools I develop. Probably because they're not really that nifty, but in the end a few of them have gotten distributed. Some people are very "toe-the-line" and if it's not an official company-sponsored work process or tool, or they didn't get training on it, they won't touch it. A lot of engineers have blinders on when it comes to their work, which is bad because what if a better widget comes out? You have to stay abreast of current and future technology.
I could continue to ramble, but in the end I think we're all paid to do different things. The suits run the business deals and make sure the engineers are working towards making those deals successful, and the engineers are always looking to improve things. Anything. Everything. Whatever they can touch. Well, at least, that's *me* doing that.:)
That's one of the things I've found most interesting in my n00bie programming travels. As a chemical engineer, I find that the programming I do (mostly scripting for automating Office and text manipulation to get stuff into Excel, or Word, etc.) serves me and my buddies quite well, but the solutions developed by central IT are usually complicated, buggy, and just plain awful. They seem to have little idea of what *our* (the engineers) workflow/work process is.
Understanding the actual needs of the enduser, I think, is one of the biggest challenges for programmers. What do they really need? Will they understand it? Will new "gee-whiz" features really be welcomed? And for that matter, do the programmers really undersand my job?
To sum up, it's easier to program for yourself than for others, it seems. You know your job better than anyone else. Otherwise, you have to do a lot of interviewing and discussing before you code a single line. You'll end up with a *much* better product if you listen to your endusers well.
Last I checked no one checks my ID when I pull out of my garage. Looks like you can still travel from place to place without someone knowing where, when, and why you're going there. Does someone check your ID when you cross a state line? How about when you pull into the Wal-Mart parking lot? How about when you go *in* Wal-Mart? What? Still no check? But, how does anyone know where you are?
So, I guess Judge Paez lives in that fantasy world where the rights of the people must be explicitly given within the Constitution, or they don't have them.
Uh, no. No one has the right to a car, cell phone, job, cable tv, or even a pair of shoes. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? That covers a lot of things. You have the right to travel, but it just might not get you where you want to go as fast (try two legs).
When you put my life in your hands, I somewhat expect you to provide a bit of security. If I'm on a plane, I expect that everyone's been searched and no KNOWN terrorists are on board. If I'm taking a taxi, if I'm taking anyone along with me I'm going to either know them or they aren't coming along. Traveling in groups can be quite dangerous as we've seen what can happen with 9/11, of course. I'm sick and tired of all these people that cry about giving up anonymonity when traveling. Well tough luck. You don't like it? Start walking.
Your attitude elite? Nah. I think you make excellet suggestions. However, there are times when Google simply isn't possible, or it won't work at all. If you're in the middle of a raid, or game, and someone tells you to run over to SFK and get the XYZ, and you don't know what those are, you gotta ask. Although it's a bad example there are times when you simply can't hop out of the game to google things.
I haven't seen a lot of what you describe above very often, or at all. For me, I'll ask a question to any friends I have that are on at the time, or my guild. After that, it's asked in 'General'. And I'll post it twice in General after a couple minutes. After that, if no response, I'll quit asking and save it for later.
I like your last statement.
Typing 'thx' is very very easy to do, and goes a loooooooong way.
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I didn't know if you were asking for a response of someone that uses one, but I do, and I love it.
The main reason I like it so much is that all my contacts from Outlook are wirelessly sync'd and that it does simple email. In my line of work I need to keep in contact with many people and the ability to respond to emails quickly is important. It's not important for me to send an email with really fancy formatting, and if I need to send an attachment I'll simply respond "I'll get that to you a bit later." (For the record, I'm a project manager.)
I use email and the cell phone/contacts portion of the Blackberry and little else. One of the nice features if that you can use the click wheel to select different portions of emails or 'you missed a phone call' notes, and it will tell you who that person is if you can't tell from the email addy or the phone number. I can immediately tell if I need to contact that person quickly or if it can wait. Outstanding.
It's not complicated. It's not buggy. You don't need to install any third party software. (By the way, anyone that uses their handheld to work on Excel spreadsheets is crazy, but the BB will do that.) It just works and works well. I broke my first one and about cried. I got another tho.
I owned a Palm IIIx and an IPAQ. Unfortunately it's hard to draw conclusions because neither of those had an integrated cell phone, but between the three the Blackberry is the best.
One of the things I find most disconcerting is the lack of translation of acronymns in WoW. When I go to read the forums at Blizzard people speak in a language so foreign to me that it's difficult to know which way is up. Common mistakes, such as ninja looting, taking control of a group, or knowing one's role can be determined quite quickly when grouping with a more experienced player. From my own experience, I learned a lot when I grouped with a person playing his "alt", or "alternate character". His "main" was a character much higher in level, and he was just having fun playing a different role. For the newbies, grouping with experienced, kind, encouraging folks can be the greatest fun in the game. You learn a lot by asking questions, and still have fun playing the game.
But the acronymns for the gear, and just the vernacular in general, makes it difficult to learn some of the intricacies of the game. A guide to *that* would be awesome.
But as with anything, if you don't ask questions YOU WILL NEVER LEARN ANYTHING. Jump in with both feet, but ask for help on the way!
It's too bad the most prominent US Christians aren't at all like Christ.
And this relates to the article how? Sheesh... It's funny how the original poster talks mostly about how not to judge other people and yet you do that so easily. Take some notes from the OP; he's pretty wise.
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What I do is I make 4 playlists. Each one has two rules: 1. My Rating is (2,3,4,5) Stars. 2. Last Played is not in the last (20,16,12,8) weeks.
Then my 'General Listening' playlist selects songs from any of those four smart playlists. Therefore, I can hear the same 5-star song more often than a 2-star song. Simple!
Just thought I'd pass that along. I like iTunes just fine; at first I was very addicted to Windows Media Player but after having used iTunes for a few months now I like it just fine and don't see a real need to switch.
Really now, why switch? What is the pressing need?
Guess I'll stick with XP!
OK, forgive me for being dumb and semi-pro-Microsoft, but WHY does Microsoft have to make their software clients operate with any given server OS? I mean, it's their software, why must they allow other server OS's to interact with their client?
Please keep in mind this is a question of what they must do, not what is advisable. (i.e. it is advisable for MS to allow other server OS's to operate with their client software because they can sell more client licenses.) That's not the question. The question is, again, why do they have to let other Server OS's emulate theirs?
You mean the "Mohawk" lobster? aka The "Mr. T on the side".
This is me understanding that shutting down the Blackberry service basicly only shuts down the unit's ability to send and receive email, but not make phone calls (provided by the cellular provider).
If they're shutting us down, shut down the spoiled govt brats too. See how long it takes to get the workaround up and running.
9. Profit!
Life lessons? I don't think so. It's a game. If you're learning life lessons from WoW I'd say you need better parents.
But do we want Linux to be mainstream? Or I should say, do Linux users/developers want Linux to be mainstream? I read some of the other responses to your posts (trolls...) and some of them make good points. Insecurity is bred by ease of use. Yet when I gave Linux a go two years ago I found it quite difficult to use (adding a hard drive, for example) and just plain awkward. I don't think it's *bad*, per se, but I think about my Mom, when I suggested getting a Dell to replace her current 7 year old computer, asking if she'll be able to shop online. She asked me that after I told her she could browse the web... :\
Not all users are like that, but if you want Linux to be mainstream, simple install, simple hardware addition, all need to be there.
But I reiterate, do you all *want* Linux to be mainstream?
I guess if that's true that he's so bad he won't get re-elected! Yay voters! But then, if the majority likes what he's doing then he might just stick around. Yay voters! :)
I wish I had some mod points to give you. Excellent comment.
I could be wrong, but dang, http://www.wikipoop.com/ got /.'ed... :(
It depends on how complete the combustion is. The products of complete combustion are carbon dioxide and water. I think perfect combustion is a stretch for this unit, but like I said, it depends. :D
I think we try to be an understaing society, forced by lawyers suing companies for wrongful termination. Then, when you bring someone into an organization, there's a certain amount of time that has to pass while you try to make money off the person. If you pay for relocation, training, and a few months of "getting used to the company" time, you've got a lot of money invested in that person. You sometimes have to wait to see if it pays off. And then we also try to take into account the circumstances of the individual, or at least I hope we do. If that person is going through some personal trauma, we try to take that into account if they are going through an unproductive period. Of course, if #2 and #3 happen at the same time there's not much of a future for you at the company. :(
Now, if it's been verified that you are indeed an *idiot* and management knows it, you won't be around long...
This is sort of off topic, but I'm answering TubeSteak's question. I would opine that it's because the suits don't want the engineers doing stuff that doesn't directly make themselves money. I've gotten into "trouble" before because of my penchant and ability with computers. Doggone it if I can take 2 hours and develop a tool that will save me 15 minutes a day for the next 5 years, or longer, why shouldn't I?
Cause it's not my job. :(
I think also that perhaps the suits look down on us in some ways for being overly excited about equations, calculations, and being just really really anal and annoying at times when things aren't *exactly* right. In my line of work if you're not careful people get killed. I *have* to be this way, but in the end I enjoy it. :)
In the same respect, there's a lot of engineers out there that don't care about the nifty tools I develop. Probably because they're not really that nifty, but in the end a few of them have gotten distributed. Some people are very "toe-the-line" and if it's not an official company-sponsored work process or tool, or they didn't get training on it, they won't touch it. A lot of engineers have blinders on when it comes to their work, which is bad because what if a better widget comes out? You have to stay abreast of current and future technology.
I could continue to ramble, but in the end I think we're all paid to do different things. The suits run the business deals and make sure the engineers are working towards making those deals successful, and the engineers are always looking to improve things. Anything. Everything. Whatever they can touch. Well, at least, that's *me* doing that. :)
Understanding the actual needs of the enduser, I think, is one of the biggest challenges for programmers. What do they really need? Will they understand it? Will new "gee-whiz" features really be welcomed? And for that matter, do the programmers really undersand my job?
To sum up, it's easier to program for yourself than for others, it seems. You know your job better than anyone else. Otherwise, you have to do a lot of interviewing and discussing before you code a single line. You'll end up with a *much* better product if you listen to your endusers well.
There's something ironic about a prostitute organization giving advice on parenting...
They don't.
duh
Uh, no. No one has the right to a car, cell phone, job, cable tv, or even a pair of shoes. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? That covers a lot of things. You have the right to travel, but it just might not get you where you want to go as fast (try two legs).
When you put my life in your hands, I somewhat expect you to provide a bit of security. If I'm on a plane, I expect that everyone's been searched and no KNOWN terrorists are on board. If I'm taking a taxi, if I'm taking anyone along with me I'm going to either know them or they aren't coming along. Traveling in groups can be quite dangerous as we've seen what can happen with 9/11, of course. I'm sick and tired of all these people that cry about giving up anonymonity when traveling. Well tough luck. You don't like it? Start walking.
I haven't seen a lot of what you describe above very often, or at all. For me, I'll ask a question to any friends I have that are on at the time, or my guild. After that, it's asked in 'General'. And I'll post it twice in General after a couple minutes. After that, if no response, I'll quit asking and save it for later.
I like your last statement.
Typing 'thx' is very very easy to do, and goes a loooooooong way.
The main reason I like it so much is that all my contacts from Outlook are wirelessly sync'd and that it does simple email. In my line of work I need to keep in contact with many people and the ability to respond to emails quickly is important. It's not important for me to send an email with really fancy formatting, and if I need to send an attachment I'll simply respond "I'll get that to you a bit later." (For the record, I'm a project manager.)
I use email and the cell phone/contacts portion of the Blackberry and little else. One of the nice features if that you can use the click wheel to select different portions of emails or 'you missed a phone call' notes, and it will tell you who that person is if you can't tell from the email addy or the phone number. I can immediately tell if I need to contact that person quickly or if it can wait. Outstanding.
It's not complicated. It's not buggy. You don't need to install any third party software. (By the way, anyone that uses their handheld to work on Excel spreadsheets is crazy, but the BB will do that.) It just works and works well. I broke my first one and about cried. I got another tho.
I owned a Palm IIIx and an IPAQ. Unfortunately it's hard to draw conclusions because neither of those had an integrated cell phone, but between the three the Blackberry is the best.
But the acronymns for the gear, and just the vernacular in general, makes it difficult to learn some of the intricacies of the game. A guide to *that* would be awesome.
But as with anything, if you don't ask questions YOU WILL NEVER LEARN ANYTHING. Jump in with both feet, but ask for help on the way!
And this relates to the article how? Sheesh... It's funny how the original poster talks mostly about how not to judge other people and yet you do that so easily. Take some notes from the OP; he's pretty wise.
What are the moderators smoking? Or is it just that they agree with this guy's agenda?
roflmao
Riiiiiiiight...
But then again, since Dan Rather retired you might be right!
Isn't that how SS numbers are assigned? Isn the appropriate state stuffed in there somewhere?