were such wicked games. You could just do the main missions but there's so much more to do. Granted, those games did take a while to complete, but they took a lot longer to complete everything 100%.
"they" haven't copywritten cake, BUT you know that song you sing when you typically have cake? Na na naa na To you, na na naaa na tooo you!...That's right, Happy Birthday is copywritten, so it's kinda funny how you used cake as an example.:)
"Want navrattan korma with raita, chutney and naan? $5.29 at Cisco Systems."
Wouldn't you supply your employees with free food? My cousin works for a Vancouver game company and they can just request whatever they want to be stocked in the fridge for free (on their company intranet forum). Also he works quite the number of hours (then again, doesn't any video game employee?) and I see the free food, huge tvs & couches, X-Boxes, pool tables etc as really a necessity because the employees stay there for so long.
So do you want to work at a company because it has a fantastic cafe? Well I'm sure you do but it also says something about the number of hours you'll be spending at that work. I guess I shouldn't be bashing this because it is great but I also wouldn't want to be making $10 / hour if you calculated how much I *really* worked at my company.
"``There are people here all hours of the night,'' said Tom Porter, senior director of corporate services. ``This gives them a chance to see their kids before they go to bed.''"
Funny, I read this is "This gives them a chance to see their kids before they go to bed [so that they can get back to their slave labour for their 2nd shift of the their 7 day / 120 hour week.]
"there are far too many authors with the copyrights in the code all over the place, and you could never get them to all agree to come under one commercial roof together and make a proprietary fork."
You should also mention Sun Microsystems as the big giant behind it, also the creator of Java. And I'm sure in a high school environment the language kids learn on is most likely Java or something similar.
If you just mention "Open Source Office product" then the administration will think it's something unreliable ("how can something free be high quality?"), but if you mention it's from Sun then there's more of that corporate culture that they're used to.
As far as I know, communism seems to forget about 1 very important human trait - and that's human greed and imperfection.
My family grew up in a communist country (Poland) and the main reason we moved to Canada was because of the political system. It was very corrupt, and there was even a universal saying: "You were either in prison, used to be in prison, or you were going to prison." which basically meant that everyone was suspected about being against the government and you'd end up in jail without a second thought.
Also, you were guaranteed a job, which is good in a way, but because the way society was structured it was very inefficient. Imagine being a coder and your fellow co-worker worked at 25% efficiency but he would never get fired. Of course these are subjective views and I don't want to start a flame war, and I'm not a communist expert, I'm just saying what I experienced (I lived there for a bit but was too young to understand) and what my family tells me.
Capitalism itself is far from perfect (check out "The Corporation" movie for this as well), but I think it's the lesser of two evils.
"The bill's supporters in Congress won passage of the prison terms by gluing them to an unrelated proposal to legalize technologies that delete offensive content from a film."
Someone should pass a bill that makes this sort of act illegal. That Simpsons episode where they go to Washington comes to mind. Behold the paper clip!
Who cares? It's like..what..$35 for 50 blank DVDs (8x), or $12 for 50 80min/700mb CDs (spindle)?
Then again I don't even buy CD/DVD. 400GB of HD space, CD/DVD emulation and an iPod you can hook up to your car (don't have the iPod unfortunately) basically eliminates the need for CDs, or DVDs for that matter.
Definitely, and for anyone interested you can check www.amontobin.com and www.ninjatune.net for the label he's on. Lots of nice music from that label....and while we're at it: (off topic)
So what the hell, why isn't anyone stepping up to the plate and offering what people are asking for? I'm not a dell user or in a corporate environment at the moment (still @ school), so I don't really understand why another company can't fill the void. Is it ONLY because PHBs want Dell? Or does Dell offer something extra besides computers that I'm not aware of? Can't a fortune 500 head of purchasing dude ask for amd computers? It's not like this is a telecommunications company who has infrastructure...what am I missing here?
Could it be that Dell's customers are not asking for AMD? Maybe performance isn't a big issue for checking your email and typing out that King Lear essay?
I think the disadvantage here is that Dell sometimes supplies companies with computers and they're the ones without a big choice. Home users tend to pick dell because it's the easy thing to do.
Many universities have back doors, side doors, and open windows - all for getting in. Just don't use the front door. There are many ways to get into university without a high school diploma, or even with shitty marks. Here, I'll give you an example:
University of Toronto:
Academic Bridging at U of T allows people who haven't been in school for a little while to take one course, and if you get a 63% you're in part time, and if you get a 73% you get in full time.
Even people who haven't been in school for a long time and didn't even finish high school, there's a transitional year program that you can do that will give you the skills necessary to get into first year.
Another university in Ontario, Canada (Guelph University) doesn't have any requirements for part time courses. So you could do 4 courses from their university and then apply (provided you have decent marks, but at least the chance is there).
And I'm sure there are many other loop-holes and other ways to get into the many other universities across the globe, just do a "port scan" of 'em and you'll find something.:)
Now this isn't exactly what you're asking for but I assume the main goal is to get into a post secondary institution which requires some grade point average to get in. The best way to achieve the goal of getting into one of these institutions is to really check out all the different options and trying to look for some of these bridging programs or loop holes or anything else.
LP's (vinyl) are still made. Including even all the pop stuff, but especially the more obscure electronic music. DJs are still buying vinyl by the dozen so I don't think that format will go away anytime soon. Chances are, DVDs will go before vinyl does.
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You could even google for apple recipes.
Not everyone is a programmer, those roles will be filled, in case you were nervous about it.
That's why...
- GTA: Vice City
- Deus Ex
were such wicked games. You could just do the main missions but there's so much more to do. Granted, those games did take a while to complete, but they took a lot longer to complete everything 100%.
"they" haven't copywritten cake, BUT you know that song you sing when you typically have cake? Na na naa na To you, na na naaa na tooo you!...That's right, Happy Birthday is copywritten, so it's kinda funny how you used cake as an example. :)
You forgot cheetos with your 4 litres of mountain dew. :P
"Want navrattan korma with raita, chutney and naan? $5.29 at Cisco Systems."
Wouldn't you supply your employees with free food? My cousin works for a Vancouver game company and they can just request whatever they want to be stocked in the fridge for free (on their company intranet forum). Also he works quite the number of hours (then again, doesn't any video game employee?) and I see the free food, huge tvs & couches, X-Boxes, pool tables etc as really a necessity because the employees stay there for so long.
So do you want to work at a company because it has a fantastic cafe? Well I'm sure you do but it also says something about the number of hours you'll be spending at that work. I guess I shouldn't be bashing this because it is great but I also wouldn't want to be making $10 / hour if you calculated how much I *really* worked at my company.
"``There are people here all hours of the night,'' said Tom Porter, senior director of corporate services. ``This gives them a chance to see their kids before they go to bed.''"
Funny, I read this is "This gives them a chance to see their kids before they go to bed [so that they can get back to their slave labour for their 2nd shift of the their 7 day / 120 hour week.]
"there are far too many authors with the copyrights in the code all over the place, and you could never get them to all agree to come under one commercial roof together and make a proprietary fork."
See, that's where the borg come in.
Burnin' Karma, one day at a time.
You should also mention Sun Microsystems as the big giant behind it, also the creator of Java. And I'm sure in a high school environment the language kids learn on is most likely Java or something similar. If you just mention "Open Source Office product" then the administration will think it's something unreliable ("how can something free be high quality?"), but if you mention it's from Sun then there's more of that corporate culture that they're used to.
They probably already know how to use MS Office. It's really not that difficult to learn.
It would be a great choice for teachers & students. Administration should stay on MS Office though.
Funny how this episode played on tv tonight. :P
As far as I know, communism seems to forget about 1 very important human trait - and that's human greed and imperfection. My family grew up in a communist country (Poland) and the main reason we moved to Canada was because of the political system. It was very corrupt, and there was even a universal saying: "You were either in prison, used to be in prison, or you were going to prison." which basically meant that everyone was suspected about being against the government and you'd end up in jail without a second thought. Also, you were guaranteed a job, which is good in a way, but because the way society was structured it was very inefficient. Imagine being a coder and your fellow co-worker worked at 25% efficiency but he would never get fired. Of course these are subjective views and I don't want to start a flame war, and I'm not a communist expert, I'm just saying what I experienced (I lived there for a bit but was too young to understand) and what my family tells me. Capitalism itself is far from perfect (check out "The Corporation" movie for this as well), but I think it's the lesser of two evils.
I was trying to be funny, not flamebait, sheesh.
Microsoft is supporting communism AND cancer!? Well I knew they were evil but this is definitely a new low. For shame, Microsoft, for shame.
"The bill's supporters in Congress won passage of the prison terms by gluing them to an unrelated proposal to legalize technologies that delete offensive content from a film."
Someone should pass a bill that makes this sort of act illegal. That Simpsons episode where they go to Washington comes to mind. Behold the paper clip!
At least it's one place to look and secure, as opposed to 100 with a bunch of bean counting IE users. :)
Who cares? It's like ..what..$35 for 50 blank DVDs (8x), or $12 for 50 80min/700mb CDs (spindle)?
Then again I don't even buy CD/DVD. 400GB of HD space, CD/DVD emulation and an iPod you can hook up to your car (don't have the iPod unfortunately) basically eliminates the need for CDs, or DVDs for that matter.
Definitely, and for anyone interested you can check www.amontobin.com and www.ninjatune.net for the label he's on. Lots of nice music from that label. ...and while we're at it: (off topic)
b eat6.com
www.warprecords.com
www.rephlex.com
www.tiger
www.ghostly.com
You sound like you'd be good in management. :)
Exactly. :)
Nothing really to discuss here.
"Business makes business decisions. More news at 11."
So what the hell, why isn't anyone stepping up to the plate and offering what people are asking for? I'm not a dell user or in a corporate environment at the moment (still @ school), so I don't really understand why another company can't fill the void. Is it ONLY because PHBs want Dell? Or does Dell offer something extra besides computers that I'm not aware of? Can't a fortune 500 head of purchasing dude ask for amd computers? It's not like this is a telecommunications company who has infrastructure...what am I missing here?
Could it be that Dell's customers are not asking for AMD? Maybe performance isn't a big issue for checking your email and typing out that King Lear essay?
I think the disadvantage here is that Dell sometimes supplies companies with computers and they're the ones without a big choice. Home users tend to pick dell because it's the easy thing to do.
I always thought Robin Williams would play that robot. I don't know why...
Many universities have back doors, side doors, and open windows - all for getting in. Just don't use the front door. There are many ways to get into university without a high school diploma, or even with shitty marks. Here, I'll give you an example:
:)
University of Toronto:
Academic Bridging at U of T allows people who haven't been in school for a little while to take one course, and if you get a 63% you're in part time, and if you get a 73% you get in full time.
Even people who haven't been in school for a long time and didn't even finish high school, there's a transitional year program that you can do that will give you the skills necessary to get into first year.
Another university in Ontario, Canada (Guelph University) doesn't have any requirements for part time courses. So you could do 4 courses from their university and then apply (provided you have decent marks, but at least the chance is there).
And I'm sure there are many other loop-holes and other ways to get into the many other universities across the globe, just do a "port scan" of 'em and you'll find something.
Now this isn't exactly what you're asking for but I assume the main goal is to get into a post secondary institution which requires some grade point average to get in. The best way to achieve the goal of getting into one of these institutions is to really check out all the different options and trying to look for some of these bridging programs or loop holes or anything else.
Looks like the professor isn't the only one using a computer program to check submissions. ;)
LP's (vinyl) are still made. Including even all the pop stuff, but especially the more obscure electronic music. DJs are still buying vinyl by the dozen so I don't think that format will go away anytime soon. Chances are, DVDs will go before vinyl does.