RTFA and all I have to say that it's been VERY rare that I misunderstood an email. Smileys and such are a very common way people express their feelings and in business correspondence the tone is pretty much standardized. I actually believe that in spoken language one can misunderstand the other's message as well, happens all the time, right? Some day I might feel a bit down and people might interpret my message in a different light. Anyway, I think there's not much news here - besides, what are we going to do - stop sending emails?;-)
This is a big waste of time and will easily be circumvented by spammers/fishers by 'faking' to be an authorized message. They'll just make it look very similar and the average senior citizen will happily give their personal data away. May I point out that by combating spam one would 'implicitly' combat messages from data fishers?;-)
I had a meeting with the business development manager of a very large game publisher just a short while ago. He basically told me the very exact thing: unless Walmart reserves a certain amount of shelf space, they game won't even see the light of day [in most cases]. It even goes so far as that the format and packaging of the game is tightly controlled - if you want to do anything fancy, Walmart won't carry it - thus it won't exist. This is really nasty and it also stifles competition. Well, that's the price we pay for those low low prices...
The only thing that surprises me is how long this industry fought teeth and nails against this. Even now, they are only embracing the online distribution of digital media because they are forced to. Steve Jobs kicked open the online music market and he did the same again with online distribution of videos and now full features. It always takes a visionary with capabilities to take that first step - a smaller company would have been squashed early on. In some ways it's discouraging for small entrepreneurs like me because it paints a picture: don't you think I wasn't dreaming about an iTunes like music store a long time ago? Well, along with power and influence Steve also brought along the iPod, which was another puzzle needed to that piece. He basically had to put all the pieces together, singlehandedly (is that a word?). That's his genius and his vision and that's why he's cleaning up right now. Had I gone to Sony with a software just like iTunes on my laptop 5 years ago they would have just laughed at it. It sometimes takes a lot more than vision and talent to realize a business opportunity, some are tougher to crack than others. The same can be said about the video distribution business - without Jobs and iTunes we'd still be in the dark ages - just look at the ridiculous blunder of Sony and the PSP - talking about not being able to see the forest before the trees! And in the case of Sony - they even had a content library they could have thrown into the equation. Well, I guess those higher rank managers must get paid those multi-million for their smashing good looks - can't be the types of decision they make or their vision...
I actually had the luxury to see some of the test footage Fox is working on in 3D on a highres projector. Trust me - you sitting up there in the nosebleed section are not seeing anything. You are basically on the field and sometimes you feel like you're gonna get tackled by one of the line backers - LOL. What can I say - you need to experience this to really form an opinion.
In the real world your eyes accomplish stereo vision by two factors: convergence + focus (there's more but I'm keeping it simple). The difference between 'real 3d' and '3d on a screen' is that your eyes converge as normal, but your eyes always have to focus on the same distance. Some people might not know this, but stereo vision actually has to be learned and if you lose your vision in one of your eyes for the first three years of your life you are likely to never be able to accomplish real stereoscopic vision. Even '3d on a screen' needs to be learned and the very first time people see this in their life they actually need a few minutes to adjust. The kids pick it up really quick and from then on will be able to do it very quickly for the rest of their lifes. Some older people have difficulties. And then there are individuals like you who are genetically disposed to have a problem with accomplishing 'fake stereo vision' - the person who previously responded to you pointed out a few possible reasons. But not all is lost - you might just need a bit more training - all of vision actually happens in your brain and you can train it. Get yourself a pair of anaglyphic glasses and look at some of the plentyful galleries online - it's fun and after a while even the most stubborn mind will adjust.
BTW, as a sidenote - color blindness does not affect stereovision - not even with anaglyphic glasses.
WOW - I wished some hiring managers could read this... might make them think twice about destroying people's careers just to bolster the bottom line a bit. Did you know that the nunmber of billionaires in the U.S. has doubled in the last 4 years? There is some kind of list being released every 4 years or so and there is a rapid increase in wealth among the super rich. Enough said, right?
Well, payback is a bitch - the same companies will have to grovel in a few years from now to retain the current staff. I for one will make them pay for all the grieve and financial hardship that my wife and I had to endure for the last 5 years.
Wow - that is low... after three months? Yet another example of how little they value their workforce and how easily they consider you obsolete or not 'up to snuff' for their ridiculous (and ofte low paid) job opening. I've been in IT for 10 years now and am preparing to leave - filed a patent for an invention and am actually getting funding to commercialize it (I know only the lucky few get thus far). If I ever hire IT staff there will be a different wind of management, I tell you that. The current situation is ridiculous and those companies will live to regret their actions in just a few years - the baby boomer generation is about to retire which will generate a huge lack of seasoned IT employees in the U.S. labor force. Payback is a bitch - unfortunately I will have left the industry by then and I hope the same companies will have to deal with more arrogance and over-inflated salaries than before the dotcom boom;-)
You can ALWAYS find counter claims to every scientific research - that's what the Bush administration is famous for: they pick the research that suits them the most. Let's just agree that living next to a coal mine is not exactly conducive to your health...
I see these 'reports' all the time, claiming that nuclear power would do little do reduce emissions. Now, wait a minute - those gigawatts per year produced would then instead come from what? A coal plant? Now, that ADDS to emissions AND it actually produces more radioactive waste isotopes than a regular nuclear plant (not many people seem to realize that). Why in the world is everyone so freaked out about building a frackin' nuclear plant, whilst tens of thousands of nuclear weapons are rotting away in the former Soviet states? And the U.S. has at least as many and they don't know who do drop them on either...
It's all a big mindfuck if you ask me - NUCLEAR? BAD!! Poisoning the air with your car and other air polluting devices - GOOOD!
This is not what I hoped for, but 6 months is probably the best the republicans can get for now. After all, 2006 is election year and everyone is switching into CYA mode. This will only hit the garbage can AFTER we elect a democratically controlled senate/house.
I agree with you - but it's not 'we' the people, but 'big business' which derives from globalization. And yes, I am serious - why does everyone on slashdot always assume a pacifist mindset? If you want peace - prepare for war. Truer words were never spoken.
I could not agree more with your comments. I have no idea why the U.S. is 'enabling' China in such a fashion. It's like 'hey, I'm an asshole - deal with it' - and everyone somehow falls in line.
I see this too often - some obscure or mediocre website selling for a fortune, and then I realize that I need to start spending more time on my own project - LOL...
I'd like to comment on both comments so far on my posting. No, I DO NOT claim that ANYONE is innocent, especially not the United States. I am being simply realistic in my comment in that I do not live in China and do not share the Chinese way of life. Residing in the U.S. I would rather prefer the U.S. to play a dominant role than China - I am not trying to play 'politically correct' here and if I had a say in either China or the U.S. getting a barrel of oil, well - it's going to be a long cooold winter, Mr. Shu;-)
Wow! That's 52 times the distance between the sun and the earth (1 AE = 91 million miles) which places that object at a distance of 4.7Billion miles from the sun. Amazing to think that there actually exists any type of 'orbit' - makes me feel very very small...
Sorry people, but China is growing at such an 'alarming' rate that it represents a clear and present threat to the United States. China outnumbers us by approx. 4:1 and they are smart - very smart. The government is corrupt and a lot of innocent (poor) people within China are suffering as a result on a daily basis. I don't have anything against the Chinese people, but I sure do not want their government start excerting more control over our lifes and our economies. On a pure economical basis, this whole 'globalization' business is ruining small (and large) businesses all over the planet - they just cannot compete. That's the way the cookie crumbles however and we cannot turn back the clock and will have to deal with that or at least wait until the cost of living in China approaches that common in the West.
Politically, China scares the jibbers out of me and we need to be smart not to hand the reigns over to them. Things are going to get ugly as we are increasingly experiencing a raw materials and fossile fuel shortage in the coming decades.
These corporations will not rest until they have drained the last ounce of humanity out of us and turned us into robotic consumer drones ready to be fleezed at every possible moment in our lifes. Some of you might think that I am over-reacting, but as an indie film maker I am actually on the producing side of such possible content (although I'm sure McD would stick with the blockbusters). What ever happened to simply sitting down for a meal and enjoying a stimulating conversation? We are all like the proverbial boiling frogs - and we're simply tolerating more and more crap like this until the day we've given up any individualistic thought and completely capitulated to those corporations running our lifes.
This is really sick....
Frankly, if your idea wasn't worth $15k for a patent then it obviously wasn't such a 'great idea'. I actually think patents should cost that much, otherwise their inherent value would be lessened. Does that give large corporations a leg up? You betcha! But there is simply no system that benefits the 'little guy' - look at our legal system - case in point. At the end of the day, me as an inventor, want to be able to stem the tide of competition and China is making things hard enough.
I also got a letter on the 26th stating that I had 911 enabled (only took them 1/2 year). Well, anyone NOT getting 911 - I'm sure it's not Vonage's problem and IF the FCC uses this to shut them down (or prevent them from signing up anyone new) then I think that the PacBells have a friend or two at the FCC. Now, wouldn't that be shocking;-)
Just another example how the encumbants are trying to thwart the growth of a superior business model - same old - we should all consider these types of issues next time elections are being held. Oh wait - Dibold is now electing our administrations and officials - never mind...
eXactly!! First up, you almost never get an article posted here in the first place, even if they are very relevant they get refused 90% of the time and get posted by someone else two days later. The/. system is broken and I for one won't ever post an article again - major waste of time. Digg.com is much more immediate and the comments are getting better as well. Loving it...
Really? Just go to the next Starbucks (or other evil coffee empire of your choice) and take a look around. If you're interested in the business or world news section it's easy picking and they are never hard to find. Most kids grab the local news or cartoon section. Case in point, yes - but I'm sure the kids are not the one actually buying that paper to read the 'funnies'. The 'funnies' were supposed to be a little icing on the cake - not the main ingredient you pick the dish for.
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RTFA and all I have to say that it's been VERY rare that I misunderstood an email. Smileys and such are a very common way people express their feelings and in business correspondence the tone is pretty much standardized. I actually believe that in spoken language one can misunderstand the other's message as well, happens all the time, right? Some day I might feel a bit down and people might interpret my message in a different light. Anyway, I think there's not much news here - besides, what are we going to do - stop sending emails? ;-)
This is a big waste of time and will easily be circumvented by spammers/fishers by 'faking' to be an authorized message. They'll just make it look very similar and the average senior citizen will happily give their personal data away. ;-)
May I point out that by combating spam one would 'implicitly' combat messages from data fishers?
I had a meeting with the business development manager of a very large game publisher just a short while ago. He basically told me the very exact thing: unless Walmart reserves a certain amount of shelf space, they game won't even see the light of day [in most cases]. It even goes so far as that the format and packaging of the game is tightly controlled - if you want to do anything fancy, Walmart won't carry it - thus it won't exist. This is really nasty and it also stifles competition. Well, that's the price we pay for those low low prices...
The only thing that surprises me is how long this industry fought teeth and nails against this. Even now, they are only embracing the online distribution of digital media because they are forced to. Steve Jobs kicked open the online music market and he did the same again with online distribution of videos and now full features. It always takes a visionary with capabilities to take that first step - a smaller company would have been squashed early on. In some ways it's discouraging for small entrepreneurs like me because it paints a picture: don't you think I wasn't dreaming about an iTunes like music store a long time ago? Well, along with power and influence Steve also brought along the iPod, which was another puzzle needed to that piece. He basically had to put all the pieces together, singlehandedly (is that a word?). That's his genius and his vision and that's why he's cleaning up right now. Had I gone to Sony with a software just like iTunes on my laptop 5 years ago they would have just laughed at it. It sometimes takes a lot more than vision and talent to realize a business opportunity, some are tougher to crack than others.
The same can be said about the video distribution business - without Jobs and iTunes we'd still be in the dark ages - just look at the ridiculous blunder of Sony and the PSP - talking about not being able to see the forest before the trees! And in the case of Sony - they even had a content library they could have thrown into the equation. Well, I guess those higher rank managers must get paid those multi-million for their smashing good looks - can't be the types of decision they make or their vision...
I actually had the luxury to see some of the test footage Fox is working on in 3D on a highres projector. Trust me - you sitting up there in the nosebleed section are not seeing anything. You are basically on the field and sometimes you feel like you're gonna get tackled by one of the line backers - LOL. What can I say - you need to experience this to really form an opinion.
In the real world your eyes accomplish stereo vision by two factors: convergence + focus (there's more but I'm keeping it simple). The difference between 'real 3d' and '3d on a screen' is that your eyes converge as normal, but your eyes always have to focus on the same distance. Some people might not know this, but stereo vision actually has to be learned and if you lose your vision in one of your eyes for the first three years of your life you are likely to never be able to accomplish real stereoscopic vision. Even '3d on a screen' needs to be learned and the very first time people see this in their life they actually need a few minutes to adjust. The kids pick it up really quick and from then on will be able to do it very quickly for the rest of their lifes. Some older people have difficulties. And then there are individuals like you who are genetically disposed to have a problem with accomplishing 'fake stereo vision' - the person who previously responded to you pointed out a few possible reasons. But not all is lost - you might just need a bit more training - all of vision actually happens in your brain and you can train it. Get yourself a pair of anaglyphic glasses and look at some of the plentyful galleries online - it's fun and after a while even the most stubborn mind will adjust.
BTW, as a sidenote - color blindness does not affect stereovision - not even with anaglyphic glasses.
WOW - I wished some hiring managers could read this... might make them think twice about destroying people's careers just to bolster the bottom line a bit. Did you know that the nunmber of billionaires in the U.S. has doubled in the last 4 years? There is some kind of list being released every 4 years or so and there is a rapid increase in wealth among the super rich. Enough said, right? Well, payback is a bitch - the same companies will have to grovel in a few years from now to retain the current staff. I for one will make them pay for all the grieve and financial hardship that my wife and I had to endure for the last 5 years.
Wow - that is low... after three months? Yet another example of how little they value their workforce and how easily they consider you obsolete or not 'up to snuff' for their ridiculous (and ofte low paid) job opening. I've been in IT for 10 years now and am preparing to leave - filed a patent for an invention and am actually getting funding to commercialize it (I know only the lucky few get thus far). If I ever hire IT staff there will be a different wind of management, I tell you that. The current situation is ridiculous and those companies will live to regret their actions in just a few years - the baby boomer generation is about to retire which will generate a huge lack of seasoned IT employees in the U.S. labor force. Payback is a bitch - unfortunately I will have left the industry by then and I hope the same companies will have to deal with more arrogance and over-inflated salaries than before the dotcom boom ;-)
You can ALWAYS find counter claims to every scientific research - that's what the Bush administration is famous for: they pick the research that suits them the most. Let's just agree that living next to a coal mine is not exactly conducive to your health...
I see these 'reports' all the time, claiming that nuclear power would do little do reduce emissions. Now, wait a minute - those gigawatts per year produced would then instead come from what? A coal plant? Now, that ADDS to emissions AND it actually produces more radioactive waste isotopes than a regular nuclear plant (not many people seem to realize that). Why in the world is everyone so freaked out about building a frackin' nuclear plant, whilst tens of thousands of nuclear weapons are rotting away in the former Soviet states? And the U.S. has at least as many and they don't know who do drop them on either... It's all a big mindfuck if you ask me - NUCLEAR? BAD!! Poisoning the air with your car and other air polluting devices - GOOOD!
This is not what I hoped for, but 6 months is probably the best the republicans can get for now. After all, 2006 is election year and everyone is switching into CYA mode. This will only hit the garbage can AFTER we elect a democratically controlled senate/house.
Good news - P2P is the thorn in the backs of music publishers that will force them to embrace legal digital distribution schemes like iTunes.
I agree with you - but it's not 'we' the people, but 'big business' which derives from globalization. And yes, I am serious - why does everyone on slashdot always assume a pacifist mindset? If you want peace - prepare for war. Truer words were never spoken.
I could not agree more with your comments. I have no idea why the U.S. is 'enabling' China in such a fashion. It's like 'hey, I'm an asshole - deal with it' - and everyone somehow falls in line.
I see this too often - some obscure or mediocre website selling for a fortune, and then I realize that I need to start spending more time on my own project - LOL...
I'd like to comment on both comments so far on my posting. No, I DO NOT claim that ANYONE is innocent, especially not the United States. I am being simply realistic in my comment in that I do not live in China and do not share the Chinese way of life. Residing in the U.S. I would rather prefer the U.S. to play a dominant role than China - I am not trying to play 'politically correct' here and if I had a say in either China or the U.S. getting a barrel of oil, well - it's going to be a long cooold winter, Mr. Shu ;-)
Wow! That's 52 times the distance between the sun and the earth (1 AE = 91 million miles) which places that object at a distance of 4.7Billion miles from the sun. Amazing to think that there actually exists any type of 'orbit' - makes me feel very very small...
Sorry people, but China is growing at such an 'alarming' rate that it represents a clear and present threat to the United States. China outnumbers us by approx. 4:1 and they are smart - very smart. The government is corrupt and a lot of innocent (poor) people within China are suffering as a result on a daily basis. I don't have anything against the Chinese people, but I sure do not want their government start excerting more control over our lifes and our economies. On a pure economical basis, this whole 'globalization' business is ruining small (and large) businesses all over the planet - they just cannot compete. That's the way the cookie crumbles however and we cannot turn back the clock and will have to deal with that or at least wait until the cost of living in China approaches that common in the West.
Politically, China scares the jibbers out of me and we need to be smart not to hand the reigns over to them. Things are going to get ugly as we are increasingly experiencing a raw materials and fossile fuel shortage in the coming decades.
I hear you man - I still prefer to be an Eloi - they get better poon - LOL :-)
These corporations will not rest until they have drained the last ounce of humanity out of us and turned us into robotic consumer drones ready to be fleezed at every possible moment in our lifes. Some of you might think that I am over-reacting, but as an indie film maker I am actually on the producing side of such possible content (although I'm sure McD would stick with the blockbusters). What ever happened to simply sitting down for a meal and enjoying a stimulating conversation? We are all like the proverbial boiling frogs - and we're simply tolerating more and more crap like this until the day we've given up any individualistic thought and completely capitulated to those corporations running our lifes.
This is really sick....
Frankly, if your idea wasn't worth $15k for a patent then it obviously wasn't such a 'great idea'. I actually think patents should cost that much, otherwise their inherent value would be lessened. Does that give large corporations a leg up? You betcha! But there is simply no system that benefits the 'little guy' - look at our legal system - case in point. At the end of the day, me as an inventor, want to be able to stem the tide of competition and China is making things hard enough.
I also got a letter on the 26th stating that I had 911 enabled (only took them 1/2 year). Well, anyone NOT getting 911 - I'm sure it's not Vonage's problem and IF the FCC uses this to shut them down (or prevent them from signing up anyone new) then I think that the PacBells have a friend or two at the FCC. Now, wouldn't that be shocking ;-)
Just another example how the encumbants are trying to thwart the growth of a superior business model - same old - we should all consider these types of issues next time elections are being held. Oh wait - Dibold is now electing our administrations and officials - never mind...
eXactly!! First up, you almost never get an article posted here in the first place, even if they are very relevant they get refused 90% of the time and get posted by someone else two days later. The /. system is broken and I for one won't ever post an article again - major waste of time. Digg.com is much more immediate and the comments are getting better as well. Loving it...
Digg.com had this several hours ago - /. is becoming a has-been. Sorry, I have karma to burn...
Really? Just go to the next Starbucks (or other evil coffee empire of your choice) and take a look around. If you're interested in the business or world news section it's easy picking and they are never hard to find. Most kids grab the local news or cartoon section. Case in point, yes - but I'm sure the kids are not the one actually buying that paper to read the 'funnies'. The 'funnies' were supposed to be a little icing on the cake - not the main ingredient you pick the dish for.