Everything should work out of the box or there is no point in trying to sell it. I am sorry, but if I buy something that says linux certified on it, the sleep function should work without any effort my part. Why not just hack at a new machine without the linux sticker on it myself like I have been doing all these years? Most of us linux folk get some sort of twisted pleasure out of that kind of thing anyway. Furthermore, why would a linux novice buy a machine without a working sleep function? Its one thing to sell a house or a car and say that it is an ole' fixer upper. A laptop? C' mon.
Yes it is a great step forward, but it just seems like a half-assed one to me. Call this trolling, but if linux ever hopes to gain any respect as a desktop OS, then people shouldn't be selling "linux certified" products that don't work as they should.
I am about to graduate with a CS degree, and I have been job searching for a little while. This might be a troll, but after reading the comments here, I can honestly say I have little motivation to even attempt securing a tech job.
I know I'm talented. I know I have a good work ethic. As cheesy as it sounds all of these conflicting methods and opinions make finding a job sound like shooting fish in a barrel. One guy, girl, or company likes this, another guy gets a bug up his ass when he sees the same thing. C'mon.
I am not crazy about the whole networking thing either. If everything was done in this way an incompetent person could know someone at company X and get hired. Some objectivity is necessary in the hiring process. If the world worked liked this it would be more fucked up than it is.
Besides that, I am not a phony. I don't suck dick to code.
Despite what you may think of my attitude at this point, I have strong social skills and I feel that I can communicate effectively with others. You will have to forgive me, because I am little disenchanted with this job-finding process right now. I spent four years doing honest work, recieiving high marks for it, and really enjoying it. The fact that this mess is all the world gives me to show for it is quite depressing. I don't think anything is owed to me, but for some reason this whole thing seems more than slightly degrading.
Unfortunately holding down a job at a 7-11 and programming open source projects in my spare time doesn't pay the student loans, because that is what I feel like doing at this point.
I am only in college so I haven't seen that many printers come and go. Although, the first computer my family bought (in 1995) came with an HP Deskjet 400 that still runs pretty well today. Many of my classmates have Canon Bubblejets that have operated consistently and cheaply (8-10 dollars per cartridge) for three years. In the office where I work the five year old bubblejet is the most dependable of all the printers, even next to the laser printer.
I am sure these kinds of things vary and the bubblejet isn't the first choice if you need super quality or high volume, but it works well for the occasional color spreadsheet with charts.
That is just my experience, and since I am no expert on printers (that takes a special breed), that is all I have.
Using the word "google" as a verb looks pleasant and even amusing on paper, but let's face it: it just sounds ridiculous in conversation. If you are alone try actually uttering a sentence with the word google in it. It sounds horrible.
This is a stretch. But let's say you are talking to a girl that you just met about searching the net and the word google pops out instead of the word search. I know if it were me in that situation, I wouldn't blame her if she never spoke to me again.
So in short my theory is: the verb google will never catch on because every one will be too afraid to use a word that sounds wierd and makes you look like someone who spends too much time on the computer. Most people are much more concerned about what others think than the typical slashdot reader.
If I am wrong, communication via Instant Messenger and words like google will suck out all the beauty left in the English language.
I don't want to sound like a troll. I really don't, but this whole digital guitar thing isn't going to change music. It will change the way music is produced.
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Any guitar player who really understands the music itself won't waste his or her time with this. Listen to the early recordings of Muddy Waters. On some of them all you can hear is a bass drum, a bass, a telecaster, and Muddy's voice. To me that music stands as some of the most powerful music ever produced. It was raunchy and soulful. Soulful - that is the key. Music is an art form. Every piece of great art has one thing common, and that's soul. Technical wizardy maybe an alternate manifestation of soul, but it is no replacement for the inexplicable thing found in truly great music.
Listen to the things that all the great guitar players do with one note. Go ahead try it, listen to B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Santanna, or anyone else who really touches you musically. Chuck Berry used to jump on stage and never bother to even tune his guitar. It didn't matter. The kids still went nuts. Great music has something extra. Unfortunately, with Pro Tools and Digital this and that, today's pop music can't hide the fact that it is missing that extra something.
Latin is used in the sciences and technology is based on science.
I don't know about this one. I am a third year CS major who took 3 years of latin in high school (really weird I know). I read slashdot, so I guess one could say I have a relatively broad technological vocabulary. Of all the useless acronyms and silly computer words I know, I would say that 0% of them are based on Latin. Maybe Nautilus is based on Latin, but we all know it sucks.
Don't get me wrong Latin is very useful if you are going to be a doctor or a lawyer, or someone deals with really large numbers. Helps the SAT score, too. But as far as today's technology is concerened, it doesn't really play much of a role, in my opinion.
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Everything should work out of the box or there is no point in trying to sell it. I am sorry, but if I buy something that says linux certified on it, the sleep function should work without any effort my part. Why not just hack at a new machine without the linux sticker on it myself like I have been doing all these years? Most of us linux folk get some sort of twisted pleasure out of that kind of thing anyway. Furthermore, why would a linux novice buy a machine without a working sleep function? Its one thing to sell a house or a car and say that it is an ole' fixer upper. A laptop? C' mon.
Yes it is a great step forward, but it just seems like a half-assed one to me. Call this trolling, but if linux ever hopes to gain any respect as a desktop OS, then people shouldn't be selling "linux certified" products that don't work as they should.
I am a ghost! You insensitive clod!!! Alright, sorry that was really cheap. Go ahead mod me down.
Cause I'm using TCPv6
I am about to graduate with a CS degree, and I have been job searching for a little while. This might be a troll, but after reading the comments here, I can honestly say I have little motivation to even attempt securing a tech job.
I know I'm talented. I know I have a good work ethic. As cheesy as it sounds all of these conflicting methods and opinions make finding a job sound like shooting fish in a barrel. One guy, girl, or company likes this, another guy gets a bug up his ass when he sees the same thing. C'mon.
I am not crazy about the whole networking thing either. If everything was done in this way an incompetent person could know someone at company X and get hired. Some objectivity is necessary in the hiring process. If the world worked liked this it would be more fucked up than it is. Besides that, I am not a phony. I don't suck dick to code.
Despite what you may think of my attitude at this point, I have strong social skills and I feel that I can communicate effectively with others. You will have to forgive me, because I am little disenchanted with this job-finding process right now. I spent four years doing honest work, recieiving high marks for it, and really enjoying it. The fact that this mess is all the world gives me to show for it is quite depressing. I don't think anything is owed to me, but for some reason this whole thing seems more than slightly degrading.
Unfortunately holding down a job at a 7-11 and programming open source projects in my spare time doesn't pay the student loans, because that is what I feel like doing at this point.
I am only in college so I haven't seen that many printers come and go. Although, the first computer my family bought (in 1995) came with an HP Deskjet 400 that still runs pretty well today. Many of my classmates have Canon Bubblejets that have operated consistently and cheaply (8-10 dollars per cartridge) for three years. In the office where I work the five year old bubblejet is the most dependable of all the printers, even next to the laser printer.
I am sure these kinds of things vary and the bubblejet isn't the first choice if you need super quality or high volume, but it works well for the occasional color spreadsheet with charts.
That is just my experience, and since I am no expert on printers (that takes a special breed), that is all I have.
Now I know why they call them service packs rather than upgrades. Apparently Microsoft doesn't even trust themselves.
Using the word "google" as a verb looks pleasant and even amusing on paper, but let's face it: it just sounds ridiculous in conversation. If you are alone try actually uttering a sentence with the word google in it. It sounds horrible.
This is a stretch. But let's say you are talking to a girl that you just met about searching the net and the word google pops out instead of the word search. I know if it were me in that situation, I wouldn't blame her if she never spoke to me again.
So in short my theory is: the verb google will never catch on because every one will be too afraid to use a word that sounds wierd and makes you look like someone who spends too much time on the computer. Most people are much more concerned about what others think than the typical slashdot reader.
If I am wrong, communication via Instant Messenger and words like google will suck out all the beauty left in the English language.
I don't want to sound like a troll. I really don't, but this whole digital guitar thing isn't going to change music. It will change the way music is produced.
began rant:
Any guitar player who really understands the music itself won't waste his or her time with this. Listen to the early recordings of Muddy Waters. On some of them all you can hear is a bass drum, a bass, a telecaster, and Muddy's voice. To me that music stands as some of the most powerful music ever produced. It was raunchy and soulful. Soulful - that is the key. Music is an art form. Every piece of great art has one thing common, and that's soul. Technical wizardy maybe an alternate manifestation of soul, but it is no replacement for the inexplicable thing found in truly great music.
Listen to the things that all the great guitar players do with one note. Go ahead try it, listen to B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Santanna, or anyone else who really touches you musically. Chuck Berry used to jump on stage and never bother to even tune his guitar. It didn't matter. The kids still went nuts. Great music has something extra. Unfortunately, with Pro Tools and Digital this and that, today's pop music can't hide the fact that it is missing that extra something.
end rant.
Latin is used in the sciences and technology is based on science.
I don't know about this one. I am a third year CS major who took 3 years of latin in high school (really weird I know). I read slashdot, so I guess one could say I have a relatively broad technological vocabulary. Of all the useless acronyms and silly computer words I know, I would say that 0% of them are based on Latin. Maybe Nautilus is based on Latin, but we all know it sucks.
Don't get me wrong Latin is very useful if you are going to be a doctor or a lawyer, or someone deals with really large numbers. Helps the SAT score, too. But as far as today's technology is concerened, it doesn't really play much of a role, in my opinion.