Just curious by why doesn't apple port OSX to the intel platform? The only reason I can think of is that they're concerned they will lose out on hardware sales. But if OSX was available for other types of hardware I would give it a try and maybe even switch. End result is, if MacOS is as good as they say, more people would switch to it which would probably lead to more hardware sales.
It can happen to any vendor. I've seen the same with IBM laptops. A bunch of my friends ordered them at the same time and all of them had to send them away for servicing many times.
If you ask me, sometimes they get a batch of bad components or whatever and they don't pick up on it. Then its a crapshoot when you return your laptop for servicing if you'll get another crappy board.
Personally i've used Toshiba, Dell and compaq laptops and they have all been good for me. (I even dropped the dell on a concrete floor from 3.5 feet, cracked the case a little but still worked like a charm. Long story but it involved me with no socks, the laptop power cord and an urgent nature call.)
But anyways, back to the point... Laptops aren't known for their reliability and when something goes wrong, since its all integrated they might as well give you a new one. You've lucked out (so have I), lets hope that doesn't change.
Ie, from what I have seen of Afganistan on TV it looks to be a very dry place... I guess you can plant the seeds via a plane but they are goign to have to follow them with water bombers twice daily!
Forget business plans, forget financing, first you have to come up with an idea. Sure, there may be tons of software that needs to be written but unless you've had exposure in these areas then the software you create isn't going to be that good.
Sure, i'd love to write some code from biotech but I wouldn't have a clue where to start. Sure, with research I might be able to find something that people may want but it would take alot of ramp up to even consider writing an app.
Your best bet is to write something in the area your very familiar with and since you were previously employed chances are there are already apps in that area.
For every 100 ideas theres probably only a handfull of usefull/needed apps. How do you pick the right one? Your betting alot on something that may not return anything.
As with inventing the best way to get 'rich' is to solve a problem thats you've personally run into. The trick is, realizing that this is a common problem that may affect alot of people.
For instance, not computer related but in my area there was a couple that had a dog. I don't remember the exact details but they needed to muzzle him but the on the shelf muzzles didn't work, so they created their own. Soon after, they realized others had the same issue and they started selling them at a flea market. A couple of years later a guy stumbled upon them and wanted to license the product from them. Plans are for millions of these units to be made and sold around the world and they get a few bucks a pop. Needless to say, they can retire quite confortably now.
Usually its the simple solutions that reap the greatest returns. How many times have you been watching an infomercial or saw a product at the store and thought, why didn't I think of that?
A tech related example, remember that Y2K program that checked to see if PC's were Y2K Compliant? If I recall correctly Dell licensed it from a guy and he got a 1$ for every PC it was put on... Several hundred thousand.
Anyways, i'd love to develope my own software (even tho i'm a DBA:).. Anyone have some ideas they'd like to share?
I was looking for a new job locally but decided to test the waters back in my home town (3000km away). I used the wrong cover letter for some of the local jobs and basically said I was looking for a job in the area...
Needless to say, I never heard from those companies.
There was an article on yahoo yesterday talking about the latest Mar's rover. One of the scientists said that it would take 30 days to do something that an astronaut could do in 1 day.
Sure, robotic probes are the first step to colonizing a planet.. It would provide information on the conditions and hopefully better prepare for a manned mission. But at some point were going to have to put real thinking people up there, otherwise its going to be hundreds of years before we make any significant progress. It took them 8 hours or so the other day just to move the probe 10 feet.
Also, we are eating up earths resources at an alarming rate.. Currently in the United States we produce 2 pounds of plastic for every 1 pound of human in a single year. We going to need to harvest other planets/asteroids for their resources at some point.
Having the entire human race living on a single planet is like having all your eggs in a single basket.... Would it surprise anyone if we destroyed the world through polution or war? How about natural disasters? An asteroid could hit any day, another ice age.. who knows?
I'd feel better about the human race suriving if we were spread across the universe/galaxy, etc.
We also need to go for the most basic reasons.. Human beings are explorers and personally i'd give my left nut to be on a one way mission to mars. That would be an adventure of a lifetime.
Hate to tell you bud, but your not paying too much for your highspeed connection. In Ottawa i'm paying 37$ a month. (I'm too lazy to look up the exchange rate but 24$US is probably closer to 32$)
Its awefully shortsighted of you to think that this project is a waste of tax payers money. I'm sure there is alot of good that could come out of this type of research for the general population.
Bleeding edge research always costs alot of money but if they are successfully it could have a huge impact. For instance, how about robotic seeing eyedogs? I'm sure there are countless applications for this sort of technology.
I'm also sure that there have been many military research projects that have had huge benefits for society. I can't recall any off hand but I can barely remember what I had for supper last night.
To people living in 1862 most of our society would be 'alien' to them... But I would think that the modern world would have a much easier time learning from technology a hundred years in the future than they would. Were alot more advanced both technologically and intellectually, so it would only be natural that we could learn from it.
I guess a modern example of an F16 crashing in 1862 would be a FTL (faster than light) aircraft that was found crashed on earth. The technology involved probably wouldn't even exist yet but I think we'd be better equiped to analyze it.
The thing that has saved other P2P apps in court is the fact that they weren't designed for illegal purposes. Now with these guys saying right on their site that its sole intent is for grabbing MP3's they could possibly find themselves in trouble with the law. Lets hope they don't live in the states.
If you can get it online for free? (I only took a quick look at faqs.org so I may be mistaken..) I've seen this trend a few times this year.... I'm curious how these authors expect to make money if the entire book is online... Yeah, I hate to read online as well but it beats spending 50$. Especially when I can print it at work for free.
I don't mean to be a troll.. I'm a DBA so I wouldn't be interested in this book but it doesn't make sense to me.
No ones saying Oracle doesn't have to watch their backs but I don't hear of any other database companies pushing the envelope...
I'm a DBA.... Primarily Oracle but have experience with SQL Server and postgresql... IMO alot of the applications out there could get away with using flat files... I know, a bit of an over exageration but realistically opensource databases like postgresql could easily eat up a chunk of the 'big boys' market.
Theres more to supporting opensource than providing free software. A part of it is also helping guide open standards and supporting them. They could have taken the same route as MS but they didn't. They had the forsight to see that open standards are a good thing.
Supporting their software on Linux also benefits the OS community. Oracle is a 1 point of contact for any problems on the support linux platforms. Thats a HUGE deal for companies considering moving to Linux. No matter what the problem is on a linux server Oracle will support you.
As for actual code here's a quote from an article:
Officials at the OracleWorld conference here last week said Oracle will continue to contribute development work and code in areas such as management, clustering and enterprise database to the open-source and Linux community in association with companies such as Red Hat and SuSE Linux A.G.
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Just curious by why doesn't apple port OSX to the intel platform? The only reason I can think of is that they're concerned they will lose out on hardware sales. But if OSX was available for other types of hardware I would give it a try and maybe even switch. End result is, if MacOS is as good as they say, more people would switch to it which would probably lead to more hardware sales.
Personally i've used Toshiba, Dell and compaq laptops and they have all been good for me. (I even dropped the dell on a concrete floor from 3.5 feet, cracked the case a little but still worked like a charm. Long story but it involved me with no socks, the laptop power cord and an urgent nature call.)
But anyways, back to the point... Laptops aren't known for their reliability and when something goes wrong, since its all integrated they might as well give you a new one. You've lucked out (so have I), lets hope that doesn't change.
Ie, from what I have seen of Afganistan on TV it looks to be a very dry place... I guess you can plant the seeds via a plane but they are goign to have to follow them with water bombers twice daily!
Sure, i'd love to write some code from biotech but I wouldn't have a clue where to start. Sure, with research I might be able to find something that people may want but it would take alot of ramp up to even consider writing an app.
Your best bet is to write something in the area your very familiar with and since you were previously employed chances are there are already apps in that area.
For every 100 ideas theres probably only a handfull of usefull/needed apps. How do you pick the right one? Your betting alot on something that may not return anything.
As with inventing the best way to get 'rich' is to solve a problem thats you've personally run into. The trick is, realizing that this is a common problem that may affect alot of people.
For instance, not computer related but in my area there was a couple that had a dog. I don't remember the exact details but they needed to muzzle him but the on the shelf muzzles didn't work, so they created their own. Soon after, they realized others had the same issue and they started selling them at a flea market. A couple of years later a guy stumbled upon them and wanted to license the product from them. Plans are for millions of these units to be made and sold around the world and they get a few bucks a pop. Needless to say, they can retire quite confortably now.
Usually its the simple solutions that reap the greatest returns. How many times have you been watching an infomercial or saw a product at the store and thought, why didn't I think of that?
A tech related example, remember that Y2K program that checked to see if PC's were Y2K Compliant? If I recall correctly Dell licensed it from a guy and he got a 1$ for every PC it was put on... Several hundred thousand.
Anyways, i'd love to develope my own software (even tho i'm a DBA :).. Anyone have some ideas they'd like to share?
Needless to say, I never heard from those companies.
Where's that signup sheet?
Sorry.
There was an article on yahoo yesterday talking about the latest Mar's rover. One of the scientists said that it would take 30 days to do something that an astronaut could do in 1 day. Sure, robotic probes are the first step to colonizing a planet.. It would provide information on the conditions and hopefully better prepare for a manned mission. But at some point were going to have to put real thinking people up there, otherwise its going to be hundreds of years before we make any significant progress. It took them 8 hours or so the other day just to move the probe 10 feet. Also, we are eating up earths resources at an alarming rate.. Currently in the United States we produce 2 pounds of plastic for every 1 pound of human in a single year. We going to need to harvest other planets/asteroids for their resources at some point. Having the entire human race living on a single planet is like having all your eggs in a single basket.... Would it surprise anyone if we destroyed the world through polution or war? How about natural disasters? An asteroid could hit any day, another ice age.. who knows? I'd feel better about the human race suriving if we were spread across the universe/galaxy, etc. We also need to go for the most basic reasons.. Human beings are explorers and personally i'd give my left nut to be on a one way mission to mars. That would be an adventure of a lifetime.
Does a book on PHP really teach you how to program? I'm sure there are better, language independent resources/books that can 'teach' better.
Hate to tell you bud, but your not paying too much for your highspeed connection. In Ottawa i'm paying 37$ a month. (I'm too lazy to look up the exchange rate but 24$US is probably closer to 32$)
Bleeding edge research always costs alot of money but if they are successfully it could have a huge impact. For instance, how about robotic seeing eyedogs? I'm sure there are countless applications for this sort of technology.
I'm also sure that there have been many military research projects that have had huge benefits for society. I can't recall any off hand but I can barely remember what I had for supper last night.
Just curious as to where you live now?
I guess a modern example of an F16 crashing in 1862 would be a FTL (faster than light) aircraft that was found crashed on earth. The technology involved probably wouldn't even exist yet but I think we'd be better equiped to analyze it.
Not a valid comparison... It takes training/knowledge to replace a car engine but any 2 year old can replace batteries.
The thing that has saved other P2P apps in court is the fact that they weren't designed for illegal purposes. Now with these guys saying right on their site that its sole intent is for grabbing MP3's they could possibly find themselves in trouble with the law. Lets hope they don't live in the states.
Cause the only one to lose in that scenario is her. Any alterior motives on your part? :)
By the looks of the preview, its going to be much better than the first one....
Man, that comment is freaking halarious.. I almost spewed my drink.
Statistically 3-4/10 children's fathers are not their biologically fathers... Next time my kid gets a cut I wouldn't mind running a few tests. :)
In that case, the officer should just put you out of your misery!
I don't mean to be a troll.. I'm a DBA so I wouldn't be interested in this book but it doesn't make sense to me.
Was he asked any tech questions? Cause it seems like the person who hired him, hire some of my co-workers. :)
I'm a DBA.... Primarily Oracle but have experience with SQL Server and postgresql... IMO alot of the applications out there could get away with using flat files... I know, a bit of an over exageration but realistically opensource databases like postgresql could easily eat up a chunk of the 'big boys' market.
Supporting their software on Linux also benefits the OS community. Oracle is a 1 point of contact for any problems on the support linux platforms. Thats a HUGE deal for companies considering moving to Linux. No matter what the problem is on a linux server Oracle will support you.
As for actual code here's a quote from an article:
Officials at the OracleWorld conference here last week said Oracle will continue to contribute development work and code in areas such as management, clustering and enterprise database to the open-source and Linux community in association with companies such as Red Hat and SuSE Linux A.G.
Full article here.