On the show Triumph of the Nerds they described Steve Jobs making that exact same argument to one of the coders of the original Mac with respect to boot time. "X seconds off the boot time" times "Y number of users" equals huge time savings every day (back when people turned off their computers at night no doubt - can't do that now or I'll drop in the Seti@home rankings!)
I am glad it's not just me. I like to randomly click and will usually highlight random sections of text repeatedly while surfing. Anything that handles gestures or pops up menus over highlighted text just really doesn't work with my browsing habits.
tabs work great in the example of:
a -> b -> c -> b -> d -> b -> e
Assuming that you know that page "b" is a page that you might try several links from. You keep your right hand on the mouse and your left hand near command-w. It is very efficient. Command-left_arrow doesn't work so well because the arrow keys are on the same side of the keyboard as the mouse usually is
But in that case an employee should be able to bring an Apple laptop into work and be able to use it just as effectively as a PC laptop. This can't help but to spur hardware sales whether or not Windows software gets in the mix. And remember, hardware is going to be in the mix anyway.
No, you would still need to authenticate to the network. And, according to reports I have read elsewhere, one of the nice things about Rendezvous is that Macs seem to be able to remember all the different networks and authenticate properly without user input (after the user enters it once that is).
"Although the piracy rate has decreased, software piracy continues to signify lost jobs, wages and tax revenues in Canada," said CAAST president Allan Steel. "Organizations need to realize the importance of implementing policies and procedures in order to achieve and maintain compliance."
Lost jobs? Don't the companies that pirate software employ people too? Wouldn't they employ LESS people if they had to pay for all their software? So isn't it really a case of different jobs and not lost jobs?
When the crew didn't have to blow up the ship/have Data swear/have every character do something memorable?
I was running a Dungeons and Dragons campaign a while back and one of the characters remarked, "We have to save the universe...AGAIN??". It was only the second or third time...
But, seriously, just because something is a movie instead of a weekly show doesn't mean the Fate Of The Universe(tm) has to be on the line.
It failed because it sucked - plain and simple. It felt like an extended episode rather than a "film" (e.g., compare it with something like LoTR).
I disagree. I thought most of the episodes were much better than Generations, Isurrection, and Nemesis. That was the big problem, the writing on the films did not live up to the precedent set in the episodes. I would have been happy with an extended episode!
Sorry, it was back before the bubble burst. You can't find those jobs anymore. But, you're right, in most cases it was more like $50k but there were exceptions!
Well then, I am exploiting my employer. See, I don't really care if my employer makes a profit or makes the greatest product. All I care is that they are successful enough to keep me employed. I guess that means I am exploiting them.
Before you trot out meaningless definitions perhaps you ought to consider how they might be used.
Perhaps if the greedy scumbags who ran IT didn't start demanding $60k for one line code changes so they could pay mindless drone programmers $120k per year we wouldn't be in this mess.
There's lots of greed to go around. If you were one of the moral types who during the IT boom turned down the big pay raise with the phrase "sorry, I am not worth that much" we can talk. Otherwise please stop your anti-capitalist whining.
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I know 100s of people in IT that are paid $60k+ and couldn't code their way out of a paper bag. Why not hire some Indian guy for $5/hr that at least know what a paper bag LOOKS like? One of the other responders had it right - during the bubble a bunch of people got into IT who had no business being here and those people are being shed. Unfortunately some of the "good" people are out of work while the zoology majors are still working. It'll take a while to get that sorted out but it eventually will. (Yes, I was laid off after "saving" two projects - according to the team - and the zoology majors are still there).
And trust me, I know what it's like to come out of college in a crappy market. I graduated in 1994. Remember that recession? And that was before the IT boom. IBM told me that computer engineering wasn't a "real degree" and to come back when I had one. Lovely. I worked in a grocery store for 5 months.
So don't whine to me about being disrepsected as if you're the only one.
Well, let's see. First, there is the concept of comparative advantage. Are you familiar with it? Another way of looking it comparative advantage is to call it "win-win". Second, money is not finite. Money can be created. This is simple macro-economics here. Nothing fancy. Third, even if money is limited, prices do not have to be fixed. Cost of living can go down and standard of living can go up even if the "money" remains constant.
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"From what I've read, most of the outsourced jobs, however white collar they may be in the 'States, are passed so that they can lower costs buy exploiting the workers in cheaper markets."
How is offering a good job at a high wage (relative to the local economy) exploitation? Perhaps you ought to talk to some of the programmers who work in India and ask them what their other career options were like.
"It's happening all over again now. Tell me how that's good for my town, Waterton Man."
It may not be good for your specific town. And if that's all you can look at then you have a very narrow world view.
-- this post written by someone who lost their job to cheap Indian labor
At U of Michigan in 1992 I got a final score of 85 in a math class. Since the mean was 92 for the class this was "curved" to a C (or C+, I can't remember).
I understand how the law is being *used*. My question was about how the law was written. Civil courts have always been used to try to beat competitors. The DMCA, being another law, was bound to be used for this (and this is particularly bad because it is a quite aggressive law).
but my favorite phrase is the "trafficking in a device that is designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing the technological measure" (referring to their rolling code tech).
Funny, I thought the DMCA was only for circumventing security measures for "copyrighted works". Can anyone clarify this?
Isn't it generally the "selling at a loss to drive a competitor out of business" that would be the problem here (aka Predatory Pricing)? There is no federally mandated Minimum Margin that must be maintained before it becomes unfair. Neither of these things has anything to do with a monopoly. Any company that has a boatload of cash and is introducing a new product can take advantage of this strategy.
My best moment in a space sim was an old PC (as in, IBM PC) game called Reach For The Stars.
During one of these games several computer opponents steamrolled over me early on and conquered *all* of my systems. Even though I now had NO systems and NO ships the game wasn't over. I couldn't do anything except hit "next turn". Now, in RFTS you had to maintain a certain level of military presence to control the planet. So when another computer opponent tried to invade one of my former planets they didn't conquer it - but they reduced the number of troops there so my people rose up. I had a planet again! And I went on to win the game.
Luckily, starting from 2006 this kind of practice will be illegal in EU and manufacturers will use standard cartiges.
Thus we have the foolishness of making one thing illegal (breaking security measures) and then have to follow it up with another round of laws that supercede that rule and list the ways it is ok to break security measures (or to list out the things for which security measures cannot be used).
If you don't like some of the ramifications of the DMCA (or EU equivalents) how about repealing it instead of embarking on endless control of rapidly changing markets?
They should have called this article "Top Ten Shameful Games on Consoles No One Under 20 Has Ever Heard Of".
Any shameful game list just HAS to include the disaster called Outpost that was released for the PC in the early 90's. It had a great guide (sold separately) that made the game look great. Too bad most of those features didn't actually make it into the game. What a stinker.
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On the show Triumph of the Nerds they described Steve Jobs making that exact same argument to one of the coders of the original Mac with respect to boot time. "X seconds off the boot time" times "Y number of users" equals huge time savings every day (back when people turned off their computers at night no doubt - can't do that now or I'll drop in the Seti@home rankings!)
I am glad it's not just me. I like to randomly click and will usually highlight random sections of text repeatedly while surfing. Anything that handles gestures or pops up menus over highlighted text just really doesn't work with my browsing habits.
tabs work great in the example of: a -> b -> c -> b -> d -> b -> e Assuming that you know that page "b" is a page that you might try several links from. You keep your right hand on the mouse and your left hand near command-w. It is very efficient. Command-left_arrow doesn't work so well because the arrow keys are on the same side of the keyboard as the mouse usually is
But in that case an employee should be able to bring an Apple laptop into work and be able to use it just as effectively as a PC laptop. This can't help but to spur hardware sales whether or not Windows software gets in the mix. And remember, hardware is going to be in the mix anyway.
No, you would still need to authenticate to the network. And, according to reports I have read elsewhere, one of the nice things about Rendezvous is that Macs seem to be able to remember all the different networks and authenticate properly without user input (after the user enters it once that is).
In response to #1 & #2 - this is just further proof that good technology cannot make up for poor planning and implementation.
So what this means is that printers need to be intelligently named and networks should be logically laid out. *gasp*
"Although the piracy rate has decreased, software piracy continues to signify lost jobs, wages and tax revenues in Canada," said CAAST president Allan Steel. "Organizations need to realize the importance of implementing policies and procedures in order to achieve and maintain compliance."
Lost jobs? Don't the companies that pirate software employ people too? Wouldn't they employ LESS people if they had to pay for all their software? So isn't it really a case of different jobs and not lost jobs?
When the crew didn't have to blow up the ship/have Data swear/have every character do something memorable?
I was running a Dungeons and Dragons campaign a while back and one of the characters remarked, "We have to save the universe...AGAIN??". It was only the second or third time...
But, seriously, just because something is a movie instead of a weekly show doesn't mean the Fate Of The Universe(tm) has to be on the line.
It failed because it sucked - plain and simple. It felt like an extended episode rather than a "film" (e.g., compare it with something like LoTR).
I disagree. I thought most of the episodes were much better than Generations, Isurrection, and Nemesis. That was the big problem, the writing on the films did not live up to the precedent set in the episodes. I would have been happy with an extended episode!
Sorry, it was back before the bubble burst. You can't find those jobs anymore. But, you're right, in most cases it was more like $50k but there were exceptions!
Well then, I am exploiting my employer. See, I don't really care if my employer makes a profit or makes the greatest product. All I care is that they are successful enough to keep me employed. I guess that means I am exploiting them.
Before you trot out meaningless definitions perhaps you ought to consider how they might be used.
""? What the heck is that?
:)
Oops, that's what I get for hitting submit instead of preview. Oh well, the moment is lost....
*sigh*
Perhaps if the greedy scumbags who ran IT didn't start demanding $60k for one line code changes so they could pay mindless drone programmers $120k per year we wouldn't be in this mess.
There's lots of greed to go around. If you were one of the moral types who during the IT boom turned down the big pay raise with the phrase "sorry, I am not worth that much" we can talk. Otherwise please stop your anti-capitalist whining.
Life is hard. Deal with it. Be happy you're not in ""
I know 100s of people in IT that are paid $60k+ and couldn't code their way out of a paper bag. Why not hire some Indian guy for $5/hr that at least know what a paper bag LOOKS like? One of the other responders had it right - during the bubble a bunch of people got into IT who had no business being here and those people are being shed. Unfortunately some of the "good" people are out of work while the zoology majors are still working. It'll take a while to get that sorted out but it eventually will. (Yes, I was laid off after "saving" two projects - according to the team - and the zoology majors are still there).
And trust me, I know what it's like to come out of college in a crappy market. I graduated in 1994. Remember that recession? And that was before the IT boom. IBM told me that computer engineering wasn't a "real degree" and to come back when I had one. Lovely. I worked in a grocery store for 5 months.
So don't whine to me about being disrepsected as if you're the only one.
Well, let's see. First, there is the concept of comparative advantage. Are you familiar with it? Another way of looking it comparative advantage is to call it "win-win". Second, money is not finite. Money can be created. This is simple macro-economics here. Nothing fancy. Third, even if money is limited, prices do not have to be fixed. Cost of living can go down and standard of living can go up even if the "money" remains constant.
"From what I've read, most of the outsourced jobs, however white collar they may be in the 'States, are passed so that they can lower costs buy exploiting the workers in cheaper markets."
How is offering a good job at a high wage (relative to the local economy) exploitation? Perhaps you ought to talk to some of the programmers who work in India and ask them what their other career options were like.
"It's happening all over again now. Tell me how that's good for my town, Waterton Man."
It may not be good for your specific town. And if that's all you can look at then you have a very narrow world view.
-- this post written by someone who lost their job to cheap Indian labor
At U of Michigan in 1992 I got a final score of 85 in a math class. Since the mean was 92 for the class this was "curved" to a C (or C+, I can't remember).
I understand how the law is being *used*. My question was about how the law was written. Civil courts have always been used to try to beat competitors. The DMCA, being another law, was bound to be used for this (and this is particularly bad because it is a quite aggressive law).
but my favorite phrase is the "trafficking in a device that is designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing the technological measure" (referring to their rolling code tech).
Funny, I thought the DMCA was only for circumventing security measures for "copyrighted works". Can anyone clarify this?
Isn't it generally the "selling at a loss to drive a competitor out of business" that would be the problem here (aka Predatory Pricing)? There is no federally mandated Minimum Margin that must be maintained before it becomes unfair. Neither of these things has anything to do with a monopoly. Any company that has a boatload of cash and is introducing a new product can take advantage of this strategy.
My best moment in a space sim was an old PC (as in, IBM PC) game called Reach For The Stars.
During one of these games several computer opponents steamrolled over me early on and conquered *all* of my systems. Even though I now had NO systems and NO ships the game wasn't over. I couldn't do anything except hit "next turn". Now, in RFTS you had to maintain a certain level of military presence to control the planet. So when another computer opponent tried to invade one of my former planets they didn't conquer it - but they reduced the number of troops there so my people rose up. I had a planet again! And I went on to win the game.
From zero planets to galactic overlord.
*bow*
I think "build cycle" might be a better term than "generation".
Luckily, starting from 2006 this kind of practice will be illegal in EU and manufacturers will use standard cartiges.
Thus we have the foolishness of making one thing illegal (breaking security measures) and then have to follow it up with another round of laws that supercede that rule and list the ways it is ok to break security measures (or to list out the things for which security measures cannot be used).
If you don't like some of the ramifications of the DMCA (or EU equivalents) how about repealing it instead of embarking on endless control of rapidly changing markets?
They should have called this article "Top Ten Shameful Games on Consoles No One Under 20 Has Ever Heard Of".
Any shameful game list just HAS to include the disaster called Outpost that was released for the PC in the early 90's. It had a great guide (sold separately) that made the game look great. Too bad most of those features didn't actually make it into the game. What a stinker.