The best quote is from the article linked within the article:
"I was surprised about how many Christian-sounding -- for example, "Ilovejesus" -- log-on names were associated with the worst cuss words."
Draw your own conclusions, but I think there might be something to this.
(and yes I did RTFA+LFA, do I lose my subscription?)
A couple years ago, I would have agreed with this. Life in a dilbert cartoon isn't quite so funny.
However, since switching companies the future is great again. Decent pay, reasonable hours, not a ton of managerial overhead, and the work/industry keeps me interested.
Its scary as hell to do, but like any good Engineering challenge you need to identify the problem(s) and systematically solve them. I didn't have the balls myself to initiate it, but luckily my previous companies sank and forced me to make a change.
Your bitter, dejected rant really helps me appreciate what I got now. Thanks.
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I'm hopeful for the Wii, with talented developers (not EA) we can have some amazing games on an amazing system.
While I agree in principle on the EA comment, I secretly desire a Wii release of Tiger Woods PGA.
Wii sports golf kills me only in the sheer amount of potential a golf game could have....
I'd have to agree with the GP. And it's not just myself, but most 25-35 year old folks I know are in the same situation. Maybe we have different ideas of "good coverage"?
And the movie theater can tell you that you can't bring those but they can't really enforce it. If I choose to wear a baggy jacket and bring in juiceboxes, what are they going to do? Search me? That'd go over well.
Ok, then not candy... how about a video recorder? Most cell phones have video recorders integrated in them. IIRC, they do check for those both at the door and with infrared viewers.
Banning the few assholes would seem to be much more effective, much safer for all concerned and much less likely to piss off people.
Umm, hello McFly? A ban on use. Not on possession. Obviously a private company can't tell me what I can and can not have on my person.
I think the bouncers manning the metal detector at our local private dance club may have objections to a concealed glock, knife, thermal detonator, etc... on your person
Probably too extreme an example. How about your movie theater thoughts on a pepsi, snickers, and pack of milk duds in your jacket pocket when you walk in their doors? Those cause heart attacks too
Not that I particularly care about your all's little argument, just my $0.02USD.
Put a complete Yellow Dog Linux install on your iPod and
reboot any PPC mac into your entire OS with all your settings
and applications. When on the move, it still plays your
music and can be used with iTunes.
I am an EE, and I don't think it's that straight forward. But since this is/., I'll take a shot from the hip with some quick and dirty calcs.
For simplicity, say you have a 120W power supply. Supplied with 110AC
works out to be ~1A. Supplied with 12VDC, works out to be ~10A. We'll assume you'll use the same size wire and same length run between the circuit breaker and server in each case.
Using our old friend P=I^2R, where R is essentially equal in both cases, you can seethe transit power loss is ~100 times greater using 12VDC. And it only gets worse when scaled up.
I'm not saying switching to 12VDC is a bad idea, only that a "common sense" is not always valid substitute for engineering analysis.
If an email is greater than 5 sentances, 2 paragraphs, or
includes 2 or more complex ideas/questions, I follow
it up with a phone call (or walk over and face to face).
Because I found that people just don't have the time/attention
to read a bunch of exposition (anyone still reading this post?)
I tend to get more attention and a quicker resolution when I
actually talk to the person.
The email is just to help them prepare and a document trail
if needed later.
I've been brainwashed in california to use ddMMMyy (eg. 02Aug06) for all my dates. They do that in the international Pharmacuetical/BioTech industry to cut down on this exact confusion.
Now whenever I see or have to write "Normal" dates I can't ever remember which goes first, month or day.
How much has the success of bringing back Family Guy and strong DVD sales played in the effort to revive Futurama?
Like Family Guy, I didn't really appreciate Futurama until getting the DVD's. Which leads to the related question
Do you see shows like Futurama as just better suited to DVD release than TV airing?
It seems to me that shows like Futurama appeal to a niche audiance that will pay to see all the episodes in order, at their convinience, and multiple times. They don't do so well during original TV airing, but really take off on DVD.
But out on the range, thats a different story. It weighs 1/3 of my old browning, but kicks about 5x more. I only get off about 15 shots before I'm done and feeling like I went 3 rounds with Tyson.
Hard to say. I was born and raised there, got engineering degrees and moved back for my first jobs. The two biggest things I noticed were:
1. I was making 3x more money than my old man, yet couldn't afford the same lifestyle he had. And while I could afford a townhouse, most my friends still lived at home.
2. The landscape and culture had changed huge. The old 60's/70's era track house neighbor hoods seperated by orchards were mostly gone. I only ever met 1 neighbor of mine in 2 years, instead driving 20+ min to meet with friends. Meeting new people really sucked, everone seemed either too busy or angry at the world.
Anyhow, I moved out towards sacramento and it's a lot more like the bay area was when I was growing up. Still has the tech culture (and jacked up house pricing), but is a little more laid back and open.
Off the top of my head: financial transactions, prescription re-filling, and ordering that new vibrator are all things I could do on the phone and would want private.
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Draw your own conclusions, but I think there might be something to this.
(and yes I did RTFA+LFA, do I lose my subscription?)
However, since switching companies the future is great again. Decent pay, reasonable hours, not a ton of managerial overhead, and the work/industry keeps me interested.
Its scary as hell to do, but like any good Engineering challenge you need to identify the problem(s) and systematically solve them. I didn't have the balls myself to initiate it, but luckily my previous companies sank and forced me to make a change.
Your bitter, dejected rant really helps me appreciate what I got now. Thanks.
While I agree in principle on the EA comment, I secretly desire a Wii release of Tiger Woods PGA.
Wii sports golf kills me only in the sheer amount of potential a golf game could have....
Ok, then not candy... how about a video recorder? Most cell phones have video recorders integrated in them. IIRC, they do check for those both at the door and with infrared viewers.
Banning the few assholes would seem to be much more effective, much safer for all concerned and much less likely to piss off people.Gotta admit, you might be on to something here :)
I think the bouncers manning the metal detector at our local private dance club may have objections to a concealed glock, knife, thermal detonator, etc... on your person
Probably too extreme an example. How about your movie theater thoughts on a pepsi, snickers, and pack of milk duds in your jacket pocket when you walk in their doors? Those cause heart attacks too
Not that I particularly care about your all's little argument, just my $0.02USD.
Aside from a 2400 node cluster for the department of defense and university research, or a living room media center, I guess not much other than its cool?
My main point is that as where they are describing re-logging in for your home directory, you can just as simply reboot and get all your applications.
It doesn't exactly help to carry your presentations/spreadsheets/etc.. around with you if nothing on the host system will display them.
Even IBM does this to recover dead PC's.
Does this mean I can declare prior art? Get my lawyer on the bat-phone
I'm still right in relation the the GP, but this post explains I was a bit off-topic to TFA.
Sorry :).
For simplicity, say you have a 120W power supply. Supplied with 110AC works out to be ~1A. Supplied with 12VDC, works out to be ~10A. We'll assume you'll use the same size wire and same length run between the circuit breaker and server in each case.
Using our old friend P=I^2R, where R is essentially equal in both cases, you can seethe transit power loss is ~100 times greater using 12VDC. And it only gets worse when scaled up.
I'm not saying switching to 12VDC is a bad idea, only that a "common sense" is not always valid substitute for engineering analysis.
If an email is greater than 5 sentances, 2 paragraphs, or includes 2 or more complex ideas/questions, I follow it up with a phone call (or walk over and face to face).
Because I found that people just don't have the time/attention to read a bunch of exposition (anyone still reading this post?) I tend to get more attention and a quicker resolution when I actually talk to the person.
The email is just to help them prepare and a document trail if needed later.
Now whenever I see or have to write "Normal" dates I can't ever remember which goes first, month or day.
How much has the success of bringing back Family Guy and strong DVD sales played in the effort to revive Futurama?
Like Family Guy, I didn't really appreciate Futurama until getting the DVD's. Which leads to the related question
Do you see shows like Futurama as just better suited to DVD release than TV airing?
It seems to me that shows like Futurama appeal to a niche audiance that will pay to see all the episodes in order, at their convinience, and multiple times. They don't do so well during original TV airing, but really take off on DVD.
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But out on the range, thats a different story. It weighs 1/3 of my old browning, but kicks about 5x more. I only get off about 15 shots before I'm done and feeling like I went 3 rounds with Tyson.
But I didn't buy it for the range :)
There is a reason top 10/25/100 lists count down to 1. Now where's the anticipation?
1. I was making 3x more money than my old man, yet couldn't afford the same lifestyle he had. And while I could afford a townhouse, most my friends still lived at home.
2. The landscape and culture had changed huge. The old 60's/70's era track house neighbor hoods seperated by orchards were mostly gone. I only ever met 1 neighbor of mine in 2 years, instead driving 20+ min to meet with friends. Meeting new people really sucked, everone seemed either too busy or angry at the world.
Anyhow, I moved out towards sacramento and it's a lot more like the bay area was when I was growing up. Still has the tech culture (and jacked up house pricing), but is a little more laid back and open.
/me tosses toilet paper
Those are all things I could do over regular mail and reasonably (if not legally) expect to remain private.
Shouldn't be differentiated by the medium, but the content of the communication.
Off the top of my head: financial transactions, prescription re-filling, and ordering that new vibrator are all things I could do on the phone and would want private.