>Corporate car fleets are cheap ass Fords, not Camrys. We should learn from this example.
Absolutely...and it's such a logical case too, but frustrating I must add.
My wife's employer uses Pontiacs as the company car. They've caught fire, fallen apart on the road (literally), and the reliability is a joke. One executive had to leave their car running overnight because the ignition mechanism broke and it wouldn't turn off. I wonder if they got a ticket for idling:P
I am one of main "Mac" guys in our 20'000 PC environment. We NEVER service these things. They go upwards of 4 years without a peep until next refresh. If we integrated them more then I think we'd see more issues. I've had one machine require rebuilding for an odd issue that was likely caused by software (adobe - natch).
However our majority PC environment is largely stable with less user control. I don't think the executives in charge of the contracts know how much work out staff to do support the PCs...it's an externality they never look at.
I thought this might have been insightful too...duhh....
Large river deltas by definition are sinking as the sediment load presses down on the earth's crust below. It's a continuous process. When the water is diverted, the seasonal floods that would have dumped extra sediment stop delivering as much, however the sinking continues, even if it's just a few feet per century.
Voila - there's your "sinking island"
I'll let the real geologists explain in greater detail, but having been formally trained in the "art" myself (yes it's an art - ask a petroleum geologist), I can already see the diagrams in my heads. I was always a great cross-sectional diagram maker;)
Cool...AND functional!
http://www.cocoatech.com/pf4/
Much better than the regular Finder IMHO.
I'm a Windows admin/DAS/IT supervisor by day so I get to use Windows plenty! There are great things in both Vista and OS X - however usability is still with the OS X camp...and I'm also bitter that Vista isn't implementing a true symlinking method.
Bah.
JB
I know nothing of this: "none of the residents share any common values and the quality of life takes a sharp nose dive."
My immediate circle of friends and acquaintances includes people of these backgrounds:
Tanzanian (my wife wife whose family is Goan Catholic) Mauritanian Chinese Hong Kong Chinese Chinese; Jamaican (black) Jamaican (German descent) Trinidadian (pick a colour and background - it's hilarious seeing five different types of people speak in the same Caribbean patois - chinese/indian/white/mulatto/etc) Czech English Canadian French Canadian Acadian Canadian - not the same thing as Quebecois (New Brunswick) English American Scottish Irish Irish Canadian etc...
My neighbors are Persian and Serbian.
You get the idea. What you may be seeing is your own sad shortsightedness. And you must be panhandling on the street if Toronto has this purported "low standard" of living. I'l remember to toss you a few extra quarters next time.
I've traveled the planet and except for a few countries that admittedly "look" like mine (NZ, AUS, Japan (well maybe not so similar but fun), Sweden, Norway, etc.), Canada has always been my preferred stop. It feels like home because it feels like home to so many others as well. Toronto's major strength is something that some people fear: multiculturalism. My wife and I have been mulling a move out west for some time, and may yet still do so, but the one major thing we can't tear ourselves away from is the Variety (with a capital V) Toronto exhibits. Seeing people whop have risked life and limb to get here may be a detraction for you, but hey, even Holocaust deniers have their day every once in a while. I on the other hand like to know a little bit about what the world is like, and in doing so find that my neighbors may have lots of things in common with me.
Having lived 7 years in the US and traveled to every corner of the country, I know too, that the US is not so homogeneous, as is Canada. I say don't abandon your country, just find a nice corner that is more comfortable. If you're being driven out with pitchforks and firebrands, then I guess you're welcome to pitch a homestead here.
Sorry, but the post "I'm going to have to disagree with you now." is WRONG.
A food company's subsidiary (that rhymes with "bestlee") in Germany capitulated to Wal-Mart on pricing for one of their premium product lines a few years ago, meaning Wal-Mart's prices were FAR lower than every grocery store's prices across the country. Eventually the smaller retailers did what they had to do...stop selling that product line, or demand the same prices...which of course would only mean Wal-Mart would ask for even lower prices.
This subsidiary was the company's worst performing subsidiary across the world...despite operating in what is historically a large and strong food market. The only saving grace for the company was that Wal-Mart pulled out of Germany entirely saying they couldn't make a profit! The company likely tried very hard to prevent that happening anywhere else on the planet as far as Wal-Mart is concerned.
Don't be mistaken - Wal-Mart tries to controls their suppliers with an iron fist. The food company mentioned above is always in a battle to maintain price and profit levels against Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart will and can destroy any smaller target it deems it must destroy in order to control pricing. It happens and if you work in marketing for ANY supplier that is a fortune 500 company you know what I mean.
Much of what I really want to buy is no longer available, or was never available on CD or via iTunes. In many cases there are CDs out there that I want to buy/re-buy but they are out of print. How the f*ck am I supposed to get this particular music unless I troll the P2P networks?
I only have a 250+ CD selection and perhaps 350+ tapes (I started collecting music in about 1984-5) and it's a moderately sizeable collection of items that are in many cases alien to what iTunes has on offer. My DRM collection (iTunes) will contain a vasty minority of tracks compared to my actual selection of 3500+ MP3 tracks.
I think the recent addition of the album artwork downloader to iTunes is a neat addition, that while offering up to Apple info about your _real_ collection, actually helps them try to fill in the gaps. I found out that many Cocteau twins albums covers are available for albums that iTunes does not sell. Perhaps they'll go after partnerships with the owners of music that the fringe is interested in.
I'm not holding my breath for Stump [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stump_%28band%29] to makes its debut in iTunes...no matter how cool they were;)
It's not that we're aiding and abetting the terrorist's fear mongering agenda by spreading fear. Perhaps he's saying that the spread of fear is totally intended, and that the effect has been welcomed...although not by most of society. Fear is control. It's also a great method of cover in case we start questioning things.
The reason the fear tactic keeps getting brought up is because there is something to be gained by keeping everyone fearful. The trick is to follow that intent and then maybe we can clearly see where we're being taken.
I purchased the full version right about when Apple bought it, bastardized the interface and gave it away free. Oh the horrors. It very quickly became a slick tool and I was happy with the results.
Nonethless...didn't WinAmp, and pretty much every MP3 and media player end up with the same basic style and layout?
And you know - if Iran wasn't rule by such an iron-fisted son-of-a-bitch up unil the "Revolution":
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran] "Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was then reinstated as Shah. His rule became increasingly autocratic in the following years and soon Iran became a model police state. "
Then perhaps Khomenei and his followers wouldn't have come to power. I don't think anyone with an ouce of real history schooling on this topic would think that what's gong on now will end well.
When the abuses of the Shah just got too bad to bear, the Ayatollah Khomenei took advanatge of the situation to build his populist appeal and to help oust the Shah. If one of our OWN allies couldn't practice working Democracy for decades, then screw us for being so upset now. The secular people of Iran were just as upset at the outcomes once the Khomenei came to power, so it's not like it ended well for them either. Hell - some of those post 1979 refugees live amongst us now. Go talk to one!
Let me reiterate: If one of our OWN allies couldn't practice working Democracy for decades, then screw us for being so upset now.
After the revolution, and just to "show" them who's boss, we encouraged Saddam Hussein to start an EIGHT year war with them and we looked the other way while they gassed eachother (we provided Saddam the best WMDs of course - oops!). The reason Iran is such an interesting case is that so many men were killed in their EIGHT year war with Saddam "our-man" Hussein that they ended up shipping ten year old boys to the battlefield to help clear minefields. They were that desperate. And if you're unsure of the details...go find a Persian neighbor...they're so used to being ignored about issues that effect them directly in Iran that thay'll likely talk your ear off for pretending to care. Go be an enlightened human being for once. Do your research and talk to people who were there! The fascinating result is that a huge portion of the population is under 35. They are also very pro western - moreso than most other countries in the region. They staged many sympathetic pro western vigils in weeks after the 9-11 attacks.
You 9-11 thumpers out there should cut them slack just for that.
Big powers just love to exploit smaller powers via wedge issues like this. I'd love for once for the war-mongers in this thread to conslt with someone of Persian origin and find out what the real political issues are behind all of this. And if you're another one of those "they're all Arabs" types, then good night and good luck trying to put a cork in the war you're about to unleash - as the Guess Who said once: "You ain't seen nothin yet"
My Mineralogy class was one of the hardest classes I ever took. We had to eventually positively identify all the traits and chemistry specifics of about 200+ minerals when we were done. Not to mention the physical conditions that formed them, the crystallographic traits, etc.
Perhaps they never got to know the joys of a plutonic relationship between existing hard rock and an ingeous intrusion (hot lava!). Now he wants to create a new definition that allows for the plutonic relationship between celestial bodies that never touch.
Hmmmm. I say Geologists have more fun - at least our definitions include contact!
I have a Motorola e815 that I purchased for the Bluetooth and syncing capabilities. It took some time before it was able to do so with OSX and iSync. Now it is supported.
Would I buy an Apple phone? Sure!
Why? Because I would love to be able to
a) Migrate my Mac-bound address books to my phone in a SUPPORTED manner. b) I'd love to have a colour phone that syncs with iPhoto in a SUPPORTED manner. c) I'd love to take some MP3s for listening to on the BUS or wherever. My current phone does that but the software does not work reliably when the phone is closed. Would an apple-made phone be better? I would imagine so. in fact it would likely have iTunes support as a baseline feature. d) Have a phone that could support FREQUENT firmware updates. I like the idea of seeing small innovative options come available for my devices. I hate that my 450.00 phone can't be updated without going to great lengths and visiting my Bell Canada rep. Phooey...I want complete integration FIRST, with features and reliability on par or a close second to that.
I don't need my phone for life-and-death emergencies, so to make it part of that digital-lifestyle hub thingy you always hear about from Apple would be very helpful. If I require a phone that works just as a phone then I'll get one of those cheap or free bundles with my corporate phone package.
Digital Hubs - that's where all the effort is going these days - into digital hub integration. Apple pioneered this effort, and it's going to pay off hugely.
Using your Smartcar to knock someone out of the way of a 1970's buick that is about to hit them. Or maybe riding your bike into them instead. I know...two downhill skiers hitting you out of the way before a Grizzly bear mauls you. I don't have my inertial equivalent spreadsheet with me, so these analogies may be non-equal.
Let's not get into superstition and rituals when preparing for race day...it probably gets even weirder.
Athletes do a great deal of weird things to aid in performance improvement...tucking in things here and there isn't really that odd, nor should it be shocking. It either makes one faster or not. That would be the point of training and technical preparations.
>Posting anonymously to avoid people realizing that my main account is associated with an actual *shudder* athlete.:)
I was a world level track and cross country competitor and have never thought of hiding that while working in IT. My athleticism (and yours) shouldn't be any sort of detraction. In fact it proves that you can accomplish something between IT studies/work and the rest of one's life.
It may just show what you can without all the gaming habits;)
I know (and of) a great many endurance sport athletes who are both academically and professionally accomplished in their work.
Slashdot Mirror
Perfectly worded!
:P
>Corporate car fleets are cheap ass Fords, not Camrys. We should learn from this example.
Absolutely...and it's such a logical case too, but frustrating I must add.
My wife's employer uses Pontiacs as the company car. They've caught fire, fallen apart on the road (literally), and the reliability is a joke. One executive had to leave their car running overnight because the ignition mechanism broke and it wouldn't turn off. I wonder if they got a ticket for idling
I am one of main "Mac" guys in our 20'000 PC environment. We NEVER service these things. They go upwards of 4 years without a peep until next refresh. If we integrated them more then I think we'd see more issues. I've had one machine require rebuilding for an odd issue that was likely caused by software (adobe - natch).
However our majority PC environment is largely stable with less user control. I don't think the executives in charge of the contracts know how much work out staff to do support the PCs...it's an externality they never look at.
Oh well...
Thanks for your insights BTW.
I thought this might have been insightful too...duhh....
;)
Large river deltas by definition are sinking as the sediment load presses down on the earth's crust below. It's a continuous process. When the water is diverted, the seasonal floods that would have dumped extra sediment stop delivering as much, however the sinking continues, even if it's just a few feet per century.
Voila - there's your "sinking island"
I'll let the real geologists explain in greater detail, but having been formally trained in the "art" myself (yes it's an art - ask a petroleum geologist), I can already see the diagrams in my heads. I was always a great cross-sectional diagram maker
JB
Cool...AND functional! http://www.cocoatech.com/pf4/ Much better than the regular Finder IMHO. I'm a Windows admin/DAS/IT supervisor by day so I get to use Windows plenty! There are great things in both Vista and OS X - however usability is still with the OS X camp...and I'm also bitter that Vista isn't implementing a true symlinking method. Bah. JB
What was so obscene about that request that you had to replace it with X's?
JB
Maybe he had the internet downloaded to a floppy and his son was browsing that.
Whaa??
I know nothing of this: "none of the residents share any common values and the quality of life takes a sharp nose dive."
My immediate circle of friends and acquaintances includes people of these backgrounds:
Tanzanian (my wife wife whose family is Goan Catholic)
Mauritanian Chinese
Hong Kong Chinese
Chinese; Jamaican (black)
Jamaican (German descent)
Trinidadian (pick a colour and background - it's hilarious seeing five different types of people speak in the same Caribbean patois - chinese/indian/white/mulatto/etc)
Czech
English Canadian
French Canadian
Acadian Canadian - not the same thing as Quebecois (New Brunswick)
English American
Scottish
Irish
Irish Canadian
etc...
My neighbors are Persian and Serbian.
You get the idea. What you may be seeing is your own sad shortsightedness. And you must be panhandling on the street if Toronto has this purported "low standard" of living. I'l remember to toss you a few extra quarters next time.
I've traveled the planet and except for a few countries that admittedly "look" like mine (NZ, AUS, Japan (well maybe not so similar but fun), Sweden, Norway, etc.), Canada has always been my preferred stop. It feels like home because it feels like home to so many others as well. Toronto's major strength is something that some people fear: multiculturalism. My wife and I have been mulling a move out west for some time, and may yet still do so, but the one major thing we can't tear ourselves away from is the Variety (with a capital V) Toronto exhibits. Seeing people whop have risked life and limb to get here may be a detraction for you, but hey, even Holocaust deniers have their day every once in a while. I on the other hand like to know a little bit about what the world is like, and in doing so find that my neighbors may have lots of things in common with me.
Having lived 7 years in the US and traveled to every corner of the country, I know too, that the US is not so homogeneous, as is Canada. I say don't abandon your country, just find a nice corner that is more comfortable. If you're being driven out with pitchforks and firebrands, then I guess you're welcome to pitch a homestead here.
JB
*groan*
;)
But fun-ny
I know...thatt's why they're called a "food company's subsidiary in Germany"
;)
I don't get to Vevey much...but I do know many who work there
JB
Sorry, but the post "I'm going to have to disagree with you now." is WRONG.
A food company's subsidiary (that rhymes with "bestlee") in Germany capitulated to Wal-Mart on pricing for one of their premium product lines a few years ago, meaning Wal-Mart's prices were FAR lower than every grocery store's prices across the country. Eventually the smaller retailers did what they had to do...stop selling that product line, or demand the same prices...which of course would only mean Wal-Mart would ask for even lower prices.
This subsidiary was the company's worst performing subsidiary across the world...despite operating in what is historically a large and strong food market. The only saving grace for the company was that Wal-Mart pulled out of Germany entirely saying they couldn't make a profit! The company likely tried very hard to prevent that happening anywhere else on the planet as far as Wal-Mart is concerned.
Don't be mistaken - Wal-Mart tries to controls their suppliers with an iron fist. The food company mentioned above is always in a battle to maintain price and profit levels against Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart will and can destroy any smaller target it deems it must destroy in order to control pricing. It happens and if you work in marketing for ANY supplier that is a fortune 500 company you know what I mean.
JB
>Why do I think this? Because Microsoft cares about Quality.
>They already have the World's finest OS
Now there is a large grammar mistake in your second sentence, but it's generally confused with opinion ;)
JB
I only have a 250+ CD selection and perhaps 350+ tapes (I started collecting music in about 1984-5) and it's a moderately sizeable collection of items that are in many cases alien to what iTunes has on offer. My DRM collection (iTunes) will contain a vasty minority of tracks compared to my actual selection of 3500+ MP3 tracks.
I think the recent addition of the album artwork downloader to iTunes is a neat addition, that while offering up to Apple info about your _real_ collection, actually helps them try to fill in the gaps. I found out that many Cocteau twins albums covers are available for albums that iTunes does not sell. Perhaps they'll go after partnerships with the owners of music that the fringe is interested in.
I'm not holding my breath for Stump [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stump_%28band%29] to makes its debut in iTunes...no matter how cool they were ;)
JB
It's not that we're aiding and abetting the terrorist's fear mongering agenda by spreading fear. Perhaps he's saying that the spread of fear is totally intended, and that the effect has been welcomed...although not by most of society. Fear is control. It's also a great method of cover in case we start questioning things.
The reason the fear tactic keeps getting brought up is because there is something to be gained by keeping everyone fearful. The trick is to follow that intent and then maybe we can clearly see where we're being taken.
Not sure why...did'ja also know iTunes was someone else's product?
d JamMP.jpg
Why didn't they Sue Casady & Greene - makers of Soundjam MP?
http://ask.softonic.com/ie/9170/SoundJam_MP_Free
http://guides.macrumors.com/Image:ITunes1_vs_Soun
I purchased the full version right about when Apple bought it, bastardized the interface and gave it away free. Oh the horrors. It very quickly became a slick tool and I was happy with the results.
Nonethless...didn't WinAmp, and pretty much every MP3 and media player end up with the same basic style and layout?
(Big, slow moving target) + (well tuned harpoon) = beached whale meat (a fat settlement).
JB
Warning - context is about to be discussed.
And you know - if Iran wasn't rule by such an iron-fisted son-of-a-bitch up unil the "Revolution":
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran]
"Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was then reinstated as Shah. His rule became increasingly autocratic in the following years and soon Iran became a model police state. "
Then perhaps Khomenei and his followers wouldn't have come to power. I don't think anyone with an ouce of real history schooling on this topic would think that what's gong on now will end well.
When the abuses of the Shah just got too bad to bear, the Ayatollah Khomenei took advanatge of the situation to build his populist appeal and to help oust the Shah. If one of our OWN allies couldn't practice working Democracy for decades, then screw us for being so upset now. The secular people of Iran were just as upset at the outcomes once the Khomenei came to power, so it's not like it ended well for them either. Hell - some of those post 1979 refugees live amongst us now. Go talk to one!
Let me reiterate: If one of our OWN allies couldn't practice working Democracy for decades, then screw us for being so upset now.
After the revolution, and just to "show" them who's boss, we encouraged Saddam Hussein to start an EIGHT year war with them and we looked the other way while they gassed eachother (we provided Saddam the best WMDs of course - oops!). The reason Iran is such an interesting case is that so many men were killed in their EIGHT year war with Saddam "our-man" Hussein that they ended up shipping ten year old boys to the battlefield to help clear minefields. They were that desperate. And if you're unsure of the details...go find a Persian neighbor...they're so used to being ignored about issues that effect them directly in Iran that thay'll likely talk your ear off for pretending to care. Go be an enlightened human being for once. Do your research and talk to people who were there! The fascinating result is that a huge portion of the population is under 35. They are also very pro western - moreso than most other countries in the region. They staged many sympathetic pro western vigils in weeks after the 9-11 attacks.
You 9-11 thumpers out there should cut them slack just for that.
Big powers just love to exploit smaller powers via wedge issues like this. I'd love for once for the war-mongers in this thread to conslt with someone of Persian origin and find out what the real political issues are behind all of this. And if you're another one of those "they're all Arabs" types, then good night and good luck trying to put a cork in the war you're about to unleash - as the Guess Who said once: "You ain't seen nothin yet"
JB
So what exatly is wrong with visiting the Pen Island web site?
Am I missing something?
JB
My Mineralogy class was one of the hardest classes I ever took. We had to eventually positively identify all the traits and chemistry specifics of about 200+ minerals when we were done. Not to mention the physical conditions that formed them, the crystallographic traits, etc.
;)
That's one of the reasons why I went into IT
Although the geo girls were cute.
JB
Perhaps they never got to know the joys of a plutonic relationship between existing hard rock and an ingeous intrusion (hot lava!). Now he wants to create a new definition that allows for the plutonic relationship between celestial bodies that never touch.
Hmmmm. I say Geologists have more fun - at least our definitions include contact!
JB
How about a new Finder?
*hangs head*....
What are those thoughts again?
I don't see anything else posted in your comment...
Not necessarily!
I have a Motorola e815 that I purchased for the Bluetooth and syncing capabilities. It took some time before it was able to do so with OSX and iSync. Now it is supported.
Would I buy an Apple phone? Sure!
Why? Because I would love to be able to
a) Migrate my Mac-bound address books to my phone in a SUPPORTED manner. b) I'd love to have a colour phone that syncs with iPhoto in a SUPPORTED manner.
c) I'd love to take some MP3s for listening to on the BUS or wherever. My current phone does that but the software does not work reliably when the phone is closed. Would an apple-made phone be better? I would imagine so. in fact it would likely have iTunes support as a baseline feature.
d) Have a phone that could support FREQUENT firmware updates. I like the idea of seeing small innovative options come available for my devices. I hate that my 450.00 phone can't be updated without going to great lengths and visiting my Bell Canada rep. Phooey...I want complete integration FIRST, with features and reliability on par or a close second to that.
I don't need my phone for life-and-death emergencies, so to make it part of that digital-lifestyle hub thingy you always hear about from Apple would be very helpful. If I require a phone that works just as a phone then I'll get one of those cheap or free bundles with my corporate phone package.
Digital Hubs - that's where all the effort is going these days - into digital hub integration. Apple pioneered this effort, and it's going to pay off hugely.
JB
Oh ok.
*cough*Enron*cough*
What, you mean mirrors like this:
r king_sites
Hi5.com, friendster.com, Classmates.com, etc, etc, etc
There's a litany here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_netwo
bleh...
more examples:
Using your Smartcar to knock someone out of the way of a 1970's buick that is about to hit them. Or maybe riding your bike into them instead. I know...two downhill skiers hitting you out of the way before a Grizzly bear mauls you. I don't have my inertial equivalent spreadsheet with me, so these analogies may be non-equal.
JB
Let's not get into superstition and rituals when preparing for race day...it probably gets even weirder.
:)
;)
Athletes do a great deal of weird things to aid in performance improvement...tucking in things here and there isn't really that odd, nor should it be shocking. It either makes one faster or not. That would be the point of training and technical preparations.
>Posting anonymously to avoid people realizing that my main account is associated with an actual *shudder* athlete.
I was a world level track and cross country competitor and have never thought of hiding that while working in IT. My athleticism (and yours) shouldn't be any sort of detraction. In fact it proves that you can accomplish something between IT studies/work and the rest of one's life.
It may just show what you can without all the gaming habits
I know (and of) a great many endurance sport athletes who are both academically and professionally accomplished in their work.
JB
Maximus, meet research
g
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_relativity
Research, meet MaXiMiUS.
http://www.hsiasia.org/images/MonkeyReading_SM.jp