If Apple comes out with 10 fruity colors of the iPod nano, it's a Good Thing, but with Microsoft comes out with a half-dozen flavors of an OS it's bad!? At least be consistent! Conumser choice is good! Now look at all the choices you'll have!
However, the software she wishes to use it with (some funkadelic 'music OCR' thing that lets you scan sheet music and transforms it automagically into MIDI files)
I'm a pianist, and I've tried using several different "Music OCR" things. None of them work well enough to save any time. It's always faster to just sightread the music while playing on a MIDI keyboard.
Maybe sis should spend less time playing on her computer and more time practicing her sight reading!
I thought somebody was probably having a little joke at his expense
And a pretty funny one, too! If all it takes to get Eric's knickers in a knot is getting a form letter from a company recuiter (which he calls a "job offer"--makes you wonder how inflated the rest of his claims are!), then this is much too easy!
I suspect he'll start getting lots of calls from every fast-food joint and Starbucks around the country! And he'll be equally mad that *they've* never heard of him!
I called [the Microsoft HR rep], who told me my name had been passed to him by his research team. I indicated to him that I thought somebody was probably having a little joke at his expense, and promised him an email reply."
Getting a call from HR is not a job offer. A job offer comes after a round of interviews, and is typically a written document with terms, salaries, dates, etc.
What Eric got was a letter from HR saying simply, that they heard he may be interested in a job, and offering to answer his questions. If any of you all just sent a letter to Microsoft asking about jobs, you'd probably get a similar reply.
It's puzzling that Eric Raymond calls this a "job offer". He's either stupid, or a liar. Pick one.
Imagine that! A University of Reading! Do they have other schools for "Riting" and "'Rhythmatic"? I can't imagine a school specializing in just one discipline, let alone needing a Professor of Cybernetics for a University of Reading. I guess you want your robots to read well.
Researcher Dr Paul Chappell, a medical physicist who worked on the device, said: "With this hand you can clutch objects such as a ball, [...] the power grip - like the one you use when you hold a hammer or a microphone."
Hmmm...after a user is done holding "a ball", he'll want to hold his "hammer or microphone." Why doesn't he just say what he means!? We all know what some guy who had no hands will do as soon as he gets a new one!
it seems to indicate that, as far as the "patent" issue is concerend, it's only about commercial remanufacturers:
According to Lexmark, its post-sale restriction on reusing the Prebate
cartridges does not require consumers to return the cartridge at all; it only
precludes giving the cartridge to another remanufacturer.
So, no law will prevent you from refilling it yourself; however a commercial venture can't do it.
Do you see a reason to install Windows/WMP just to be able to view a webcast?"
No! I've installed Windows Media--including the Windows Media SDK, WMP10, and the Windows Media Encoder--because it's a great encoder and is included in the price of a windows system. I prefer the sound of WMA-encoded files to MP3s at the same bitrate. And there are at least 50 music players on the market, like my Samsung, that I can just plug in to Windows and sync with Windows Media Player! No need to install any software (unlike those stupid Creative folks with their virus!). Just plug it in and it works.
Apple has always been about features at the cost of some speed.
Huh? What about all those ads saying a G5 was a "supercomputer"? And what about those Pentium snail ads? How could you possibly say that?
By the report the G5 processors are just as fast as the fastest x86.
But Steve Jobs said they were much much faster, before he caved in and switched architectures. You can't rewrite history! (Well, you can, if you use the Wikipedia, but that's another topic.)
I have this friend whose house was raided by Law Authorities (the reason is unimportant).
He happened to like to collect old computers, so his house was filled with all sorts of old disk packs, 9-track tapes, those "washing machine" disk drives for old VAX's, decks of punch cards, etc.
Law Enforcmement took it all! I have no idea how (or if) they ever managed to scrutinze all of this media for clues....
The proposal, which is open for comment until the end of next week before it takes effect, would represent a big boost for open source software such as Open Office, which is created by volunteer programmers and made available free of charge."
Now it's time to replace all government suppliers with people who would work for free! Why pay money for stop signs and lines on the roads? Just give high school students a paintbrush and a can of paint! They can paint their own lines and make signs.
And why waste money paying policemen? Find a local militia group that would be happy to control your town, free of charge?
And schoolteachers are so expensive and whine a lot about being underpaid! Fire them all, and get volunteers to teach the kids, or better yet, tell everyone to homeschool.
That's why there's a very popular Windows program called Partition Magic. If I want to move partitions around, I just run partition magice and move them! No muss, no fuss.
It's funny because (for me, at least) it isn't about compatibility at all.
I tried OO (including the newest release version) and keep going back to MS. It's just too crashy. Yes, it's amazing it works at all, but everytime I try to do a serious project in it, I spend too much time trying to recover from bugs.
But today it's hardly the first language I would tell a young programmer to learn.
On this we agree! I beleive that good computer programmers should well grounded in finite math (set theory, probability), algebra, and the Calculus.
Intro to programming courses should be taught in a "non-fad" language, like MIX or MMIX. Some exposure to Scheme and other functional languages is appropriate, too.
Java, however, is completely inappropriate. It's a proprietary fad, very limited, slow and buggy, and not useful except for some niche markets gluing web stuff together.
saying that due to careful design process,.NET presents security advantages over Java platform in several areas
Microsoft did an excellet job with.NET. While we all like to make fun of Ballmer jumping up and down and saying "Developers...", Microsoft actually means it.
Their tools, concepts, and design are *way* ahead of, say Xcode and Objective-C. It's painful for me when I have to do Mac development because everything's so backward.
I would love it if other companies starting implementing C#/.NET/CLR products based on the ECMA standard (unlike Java, C#/.NET has been accepted by a neutral standards committee)...this would prevent Microsoft from changing the language drastically from release to release.
Screen Savers really needed to have some "adult supervision" on the set, and when Leo left, it was just a bunch of giggling kids. (Sorry, Kevin Rose).
p.
Laporte is great. Funny and truly knowledgeable. I'm telling my TiVo to record him right now...
That's OK! Real videophiles tend to use HD Front Projections (anything from the 720P Sharp 12000s to true 1080i/p Sony Qualias). If a Videophile were to have a plasma it would be a "spare" that's on the wall visible when the screen is up, for bright ambient light viewing.
Plasmas run hot, and have a severe burn-in problem. For that reason, people in-the-know avoid them.
...not to take a job if you don't like the manager. Remember when you go on a job interview, it's 2-way. You're interviewing them as much as they're interviewing you.
only way to level the playing field is to use the best compiler available for each processor
Exactly! You need to use the manufacturers recommended compiler on each platform. It's too bad that the folks brainwashed by Steve Jobs dishonest were quick to label my comment flamebait. I have No Idea why people would go to great lengths to defend a commercial company's hardball marketing tactics.
When Apple tried to "prove" that the G5 was "better" than the Intel, it purposely didn't use the Intel tools, but used the GNU tools instead.
Their desire to use the Intel tools now demonstrates that they didn't use the Intel tools in their G5/Intel benchmarks because they knew Intel tools outperform GNU for Intel.
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If Apple comes out with 10 fruity colors of the iPod nano, it's a Good Thing, but with Microsoft comes out with a half-dozen flavors of an OS it's bad!? At least be consistent! Conumser choice is good! Now look at all the choices you'll have!
I'm a pianist, and I've tried using several different "Music OCR" things. None of them work well enough to save any time. It's always faster to just sightread the music while playing on a MIDI keyboard.
Maybe sis should spend less time playing on her computer and more time practicing her sight reading!
And a pretty funny one, too! If all it takes to get Eric's knickers in a knot is getting a form letter from a company recuiter (which he calls a "job offer"--makes you wonder how inflated the rest of his claims are!), then this is much too easy!
I suspect he'll start getting lots of calls from every fast-food joint and Starbucks around the country! And he'll be equally mad that *they've* never heard of him!
Getting a call from HR is not a job offer. A job offer comes after a round of interviews, and is typically a written document with terms, salaries, dates, etc.
What Eric got was a letter from HR saying simply, that they heard he may be interested in a job, and offering to answer his questions. If any of you all just sent a letter to Microsoft asking about jobs, you'd probably get a similar reply.
It's puzzling that Eric Raymond calls this a "job offer". He's either stupid, or a liar. Pick one.
Professor of Cybernetics University of Reading
Imagine that! A University of Reading! Do they have other schools for "Riting" and "'Rhythmatic"? I can't imagine a school specializing in just one discipline, let alone needing a Professor of Cybernetics for a University of Reading. I guess you want your robots to read well.
Hmmm...after a user is done holding "a ball", he'll want to hold his "hammer or microphone." Why doesn't he just say what he means!? We all know what some guy who had no hands will do as soon as he gets a new one!
What?! You think that being down over 45 minutes every month is "scaling perfectly?"
I know at least two! And one's a Mac zealot, not just an ordinary Mac User!
According to Lexmark, its post-sale restriction on reusing the Prebate cartridges does not require consumers to return the cartridge at all; it only precludes giving the cartridge to another remanufacturer.
So, no law will prevent you from refilling it yourself; however a commercial venture can't do it.
No! I've installed Windows Media--including the Windows Media SDK, WMP10, and the Windows Media Encoder--because it's a great encoder and is included in the price of a windows system. I prefer the sound of WMA-encoded files to MP3s at the same bitrate. And there are at least 50 music players on the market, like my Samsung, that I can just plug in to Windows and sync with Windows Media Player! No need to install any software (unlike those stupid Creative folks with their virus!). Just plug it in and it works.
Huh? What about all those ads saying a G5 was a "supercomputer"? And what about those Pentium snail ads? How could you possibly say that?
By the report the G5 processors are just as fast as the fastest x86.
But Steve Jobs said they were much much faster, before he caved in and switched architectures. You can't rewrite history! (Well, you can, if you use the Wikipedia, but that's another topic.)
He happened to like to collect old computers, so his house was filled with all sorts of old disk packs, 9-track tapes, those "washing machine" disk drives for old VAX's, decks of punch cards, etc.
Law Enforcmement took it all! I have no idea how (or if) they ever managed to scrutinze all of this media for clues....
...I would love a few extra (functional) fingers! It would help my Gaspard de la Nuit!
Now it's time to replace all government suppliers with people who would work for free! Why pay money for stop signs and lines on the roads? Just give high school students a paintbrush and a can of paint! They can paint their own lines and make signs.
And why waste money paying policemen? Find a local militia group that would be happy to control your town, free of charge?
And schoolteachers are so expensive and whine a lot about being underpaid! Fire them all, and get volunteers to teach the kids, or better yet, tell everyone to homeschool.
That's why there's a very popular Windows program called Partition Magic. If I want to move partitions around, I just run partition magice and move them! No muss, no fuss.
I tried OO (including the newest release version) and keep going back to MS. It's just too crashy. Yes, it's amazing it works at all, but everytime I try to do a serious project in it, I spend too much time trying to recover from bugs.
On this we agree! I beleive that good computer programmers should well grounded in finite math (set theory, probability), algebra, and the Calculus.
Intro to programming courses should be taught in a "non-fad" language, like MIX or MMIX. Some exposure to Scheme and other functional languages is appropriate, too.
Java, however, is completely inappropriate. It's a proprietary fad, very limited, slow and buggy, and not useful except for some niche markets gluing web stuff together.
Microsoft did an excellet job with .NET. While we all like to make fun of Ballmer jumping up and down and saying "Developers...", Microsoft actually means it.
Their tools, concepts, and design are *way* ahead of, say Xcode and Objective-C. It's painful for me when I have to do Mac development because everything's so backward.
I would love it if other companies starting implementing C#/.NET/CLR products based on the ECMA standard (unlike Java, C#/.NET has been accepted by a neutral standards committee)...this would prevent Microsoft from changing the language drastically from release to release.
Screen Savers really needed to have some "adult supervision" on the set, and when Leo left, it was just a bunch of giggling kids. (Sorry, Kevin Rose). p. Laporte is great. Funny and truly knowledgeable. I'm telling my TiVo to record him right now...
That's OK! Real videophiles tend to use HD Front Projections (anything from the 720P Sharp 12000s to true 1080i/p Sony Qualias). If a Videophile were to have a plasma it would be a "spare" that's on the wall visible when the screen is up, for bright ambient light viewing.
Plasmas run hot, and have a severe burn-in problem. For that reason, people in-the-know avoid them.
...not to take a job if you don't like the manager. Remember when you go on a job interview, it's 2-way. You're interviewing them as much as they're interviewing you.
I heard that the reason is that Ghirardelli (the chocolate company) owns the trademark for gmail!
Anyway, now that it's public, I can't be Mr. Popular anymore by handing out gmail invites. Guess I'll have to try another tactic!
Exactly! You need to use the manufacturers recommended compiler on each platform. It's too bad that the folks brainwashed by Steve Jobs dishonest were quick to label my comment flamebait. I have No Idea why people would go to great lengths to defend a commercial company's hardball marketing tactics.
Their desire to use the Intel tools now demonstrates that they didn't use the Intel tools in their G5/Intel benchmarks because they knew Intel tools outperform GNU for Intel.
Of course, now I have nobody to talk to. So if you're on, try my alias "themeparkphoto"