I don't think bands today are less creative than their "LP-era counterparts." I think the record labels are more controlling. Ever wonder why B-side collections are so awesome while the actual albums kind of suck. Case in point: The Cure's 1997 release "Wild Mood Swings."
This comment is in reference to the Choose Your Own Adventure series of book published by Bantam in the 1980s and 1990s. The series was "invented" by a lawyer named Edward Packard. He went on to write the best books in the series.
If you ever decide to check out a CYOA book, stay away from the titles by R.A. Montgomery (including By Balloon to the Sahara, referenced in the parent post). He sucked.
I'm a writer too, and I'm puzzled by your question. A writer's tools aren't governed by technology and price points. Find the tool that feels right, both physically and emotionally, and use it.
Your question is like asking what brand of condoms to use. Just buy what fits.
So join 'em. You're going to have to learn the skills necessary to step all over your coworkers in order to claim your spot at the top. You can't beat the system, so you have to play by its rules, or walk out.
I do it because it pays well and I am reasonably good at it. I dont do it because I enjoy it. I would love to quit and do something I enjoy, but then I realize that I wouldnt have as much disposable cash for other things.
Bow down before the almighty dollar! You put your "things" before your happiness. Consider what your life would be like if you had less stuff and more job satisfaction. Would you be happy?
You're missing the point. In the hoax, he said he gutted his G5. That's what I'm asserting.
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I used to use "Tivo" as a verb, but I realized one day that such usage is woefully pretentious, especially to those who are Tivo-less. The standard "record" suits me just fine. (I do know people who say they're going to "tape a show" on their Tivos.)
The worst part of it is that it often gets shortened to just "SQL." Kinda like "XP" instead of Windows XP, and "OS X" instead of Mac OS X. You get the idea. I'm often asked questions about SQL, and while I think the questioner wants help with JOINs and VIEWs, he actually needs help with Enterprise Manager.
This reeks of profiteering. We're to be overcome by the stench of people out to make a buck. We work our asses off while fat cats, flush with our hard-earned money, sit on their thrones and pooh-pooh the more environmentally sound ideas. I won't let them dump my money into their porcelain ideas.
You're wrong. He said his parents bought him the G5 and he didn't want a Mac, so he pulled out all of its guts and "gave" them to a friend. He liked the G5 case so he turned it into a PC.
The G5 wasn't a hoax. The submitter was referring to the recent brouhaha about a guy who stripped the internals out of his G5 and replaced them with not-so-great PC components. It turned out to be a hoax.
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Didn't one of Akamai's executives (a founder maybe?) die in the September 11 attacks? Did that have any effect on Akamai's stock performance?
I got it the day it came out. :)
Ah, I understand, and agree. I think if either of us had the solution, we'd be lighting cigars with $100 bills rather than posting at Slashdot.
Yes, I do.
I don't think bands today are less creative than their "LP-era counterparts." I think the record labels are more controlling. Ever wonder why B-side collections are so awesome while the actual albums kind of suck. Case in point: The Cure's 1997 release "Wild Mood Swings."
This comment is in reference to the Choose Your Own Adventure series of book published by Bantam in the 1980s and 1990s. The series was "invented" by a lawyer named Edward Packard. He went on to write the best books in the series.
If you ever decide to check out a CYOA book, stay away from the titles by R.A. Montgomery (including By Balloon to the Sahara, referenced in the parent post). He sucked.
"Keats' poetry" is incorrect according to MLA style, which governs writing here in the US. I think it's against AP style too.
I wonder what kind of technology patent examiners use. Probably ancient PCs running Internet Explorer 3.0 and a cached version of AltaVista from 1994.
He's in New Zealand, not Australia. Would you tell someone in the US to call Mexico's customer relations?
Your question is like asking what brand of condoms to use. Just buy what fits.
So join 'em. You're going to have to learn the skills necessary to step all over your coworkers in order to claim your spot at the top. You can't beat the system, so you have to play by its rules, or walk out.
GIMP is an image manipulation program, not a desktop publishing tool. I don't know of a Linux app that will open a Framemaker file.
What? Imagine what? Don't keep me in suspense!
Bow down before the almighty dollar! You put your "things" before your happiness. Consider what your life would be like if you had less stuff and more job satisfaction. Would you be happy?
I've been in IT for 9 years, and I'm only making $2500 more than my wage of 3 years ago. Count your blessings.
You'll get it in four years.
You're missing the point. In the hoax, he said he gutted his G5. That's what I'm asserting.
I used to use "Tivo" as a verb, but I realized one day that such usage is woefully pretentious, especially to those who are Tivo-less. The standard "record" suits me just fine. (I do know people who say they're going to "tape a show" on their Tivos.)
The worst part of it is that it often gets shortened to just "SQL." Kinda like "XP" instead of Windows XP, and "OS X" instead of Mac OS X. You get the idea. I'm often asked questions about SQL, and while I think the questioner wants help with JOINs and VIEWs, he actually needs help with Enterprise Manager.
Yes. MySQL allows duplicate keys.
This reeks of profiteering. We're to be overcome by the stench of people out to make a buck. We work our asses off while fat cats, flush with our hard-earned money, sit on their thrones and pooh-pooh the more environmentally sound ideas. I won't let them dump my money into their porcelain ideas.
That was his story, anyway.
The G5 wasn't a hoax. The submitter was referring to the recent brouhaha about a guy who stripped the internals out of his G5 and replaced them with not-so-great PC components. It turned out to be a hoax.
Start an online calendar company. Nobody's thought of that before.
In the olden days, people pronounced "Linux" the same way they pronounced "Linus." The 'e' in the poster's comment was phonetical.