My 900mhz machine is too slow for my average computer useage, not even including gaming.
Multitasking is a mother...let's say im running my C++ compiler, photoshop, about 4 internet explorers, msn/icq, email client, irc client, etc etc etc.
I leave my computer on 24/7 and do not like to reboot either which only hurts the situation.
If I wasn't a damn student I would run out and grab one of these nice new mobo's (apparently intel is owning amd now...), but I must wait!
It's hard to predict what life will be like in a hundred years. There are only a few things we can say with certainty. We know that everyone will drive elephants, that zoning laws will be relaxed to allow buildings to build to China, that beaches will be sunny all the time, and that women will all be trained in karma sutra.
What an idiot, the article starts wrong and goes downhill from there.
I just love predictions, people can not accurately predict what the new trends will be in 6 months let alone 100 years!!!
I personally think that there will be some sort of "brave new world", where I wont be nearly as smart as Alphas. But not as dumb as epsilons, they are stupid. I am happy being a beta, betas are best.
Speaking of brave new worlds, give me some sex-hormone chewing gum because its time for orgy porgy! I sure hope Ford doesn't find out!
I heard that the internet is on computers now, and computers need power dont they?
It is a logical choice/next step!
But seriously, why even consider this option. I would rather people looking into getting a minimum 1 foot RADIUS (not diameter) fiber optic cable coming into my house. So I can download porn, mp3's, movies, games, software, and mod chip bios's quicker. Because cable is not fast enough to meet my needs. At least I am honest.
Lets make a pretty similar analogy here.
You are a car manufacturer, and make a new kickass car. Now OPEC gas is not elite enough for this new car of yours, so you make this additive which adds octane to the OPEC gas.
The kiddies that buy your car go to the gas station, and they buy gas which has the additive in it, which they pay more for (or the same considering microsoft isnt going to make it cost MORE for the improved CE), and the money from the gas all goes to the OPEC gas company.
You developed the additive, but do not benefit by the sale of it.
This would not happen outside the monopolistic software industry
So lets get this straight.
Blue badges for fulltime employees. Good pay, benefits, and you go to their parties.
Orange badges for interns/contract employees. Decent pay, you dont go to their parties.
A large "L" on the foreheads and kick to the nuts to those of whom improve their code.
It is a mildly shortened version of Jack Handy's quote.:)
If you still cannot find it, I will provide a link:)
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Good for you. Especially concerning the part about gifts/flowers for mourning colleagues.
I think Microsoft, and a variety of other corportations are missing the big picture here. First, the best and easiest way to make people work harder/better for the company is to make them feel like what they are doing matters, and that they are important. Especially in technical work, I can either do 2 hours of work and stare at my monitor for 6 hours a day, or if I feel motivated I can do 7-8 hours of work.
Just because they are a temp does not mean that the company does not have a stake in how hard their employees are working...they are usually doing the same tasks as regular employees, which are generally quite important.
Consultants or temps should NOT get a benefits package, consisting of medical, dental, and other coverage. The reasons for this are obvious, full timers earn this as a reward for being dedicated and committed to remaining at a company, and it is incentive to become a full timer (not to mention opportunity for abuse).
However, they should be treated in every other way as a regular employee, the company benefits the most from that. A happy worker is a hard worker.
This brings me to my second point, that for the small costs involved in, for example, sending flowers to an employee who lost someone close, inviting contractors/temps to employee parties, all of these small bonuses we enjoy while working, are tiny in comparison to potential gains in productivity.
Buy the bastard 10$ in cheap wine at the company party, bring him out on the company golf day, you are renting the whole course anyways!
I am sure there will magically be happier employees who do more work, get to work on time, and who knows...maybe when you are looking for a full timer he will apply and you will save a whole lot in training costs.
Interesting. So since the most troublesome part about recharging involves finding and getting to the base station, why not have the base station replace the battery in the robot.
For example, with web-cam robots, have several of them, and train then to return to the station when they are running low on battery (easier said than done, because depending on their distance from the recharge station they need to go at different times, unless the max distance does not vary too much from the average distance then you could have it so that the maximum power they need from the maximum distance they could be away, they should start returning when they have that much power)
But anyways, then have some sort of mechanized "robot" station which replaces the battery instead of having them just attach to a charger. 24/7 operation of such robots is a definate advantage that I could see of using robots, and why sacrifice it just because you have one battery instead of 2 or 3.
Interestingly enough though, the tough thing to do is going to be have them return to their base station, and avoid obstacles in doing so.
I seriously would like to see the power sources being used as well, it provides an interesting perspective of robots...
What would be ideal is have two sets of removeable batteries for the robot, as well as one smaller battery which always remains in the robot. Then, when the robot senses its power is getting low, it goes to the battery charger and switches batteries, while using auxilary power during the time when he does not have either battery in him.
Similarly, another option could be a "sleep" mode where when the robot senses his batteries are going low he goes and sits in a charger until he is replenished.
This is a very important part about robotics, because if I buy a robot to clean my floor and fetch me my beers, I sure as hell do not want to carry the 500 pound hunk of metal to his charger when he runs out of juice!
It must be nice to criticize a good point with a "troll" comment. Great arguement against the fact that the US government violates its people's rights when it suits them.
Provide evidence to the contrary, or you "Go home, troll".
My evidence, the article. Go read it. Find something which disproves that the government is violating his rights.
Just because it does not suit your particular needs, think of all the niches this fills.
I personally have my sweetass stereo hooked up to my computer, however, if I am listening to a CD or the radio I still like computer volume. So...I still have some decent computer speakers.
Now, if my monitor had integrated speakers, that would save some equipment and maybe money.
Then, what about the 3/4 of computer users who have those ghetto computer speakers or none at all? This will be super-duper-fantastic for them.
It is actually a SHORTENED version of the Jack Handy quote due to sig lengths, but Jack Handy nonetheless.
The whole quote is:
I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.
Other sweet ones are: "I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times." It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach. He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on. "
"He was a cowboy, mister, and he loved the land. He loved it so much he made a woman out of dirt and married her. But when he kissed her, she disintegrated. Later, at the funeral, when the preacher said, "Dust to dust," some people laughed, and the cowboy shot them. At his hanging, he told the others, "I'll be waiting for you in heaven--with a gun." "
"To me, it's a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, "Hey, can you give me a hand?" You can say, "Sorry, got these sacks." "
"Tonight, when we were eating dinner, Marta said something that really knocked me for a loop. She said, "I love carrots." "Good," I said as I gritted my teeth real hard. "Then maybe you and carrots would like to go into the bedroom and have sex!" They didn't, but maybe they will sometime, and I can watch. "
"When the chairman introduced the guest speaker as a former illegal alien, I got up from my chair and yelled, "What's the matter, no jobs on Mars?" When no one laughed, I was real embarrassed. I don't think people should make you feel that way. "
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My 900mhz machine is too slow for my average computer useage, not even including gaming.
Multitasking is a mother...let's say im running my C++ compiler, photoshop, about 4 internet explorers, msn/icq, email client, irc client, etc etc etc.
I leave my computer on 24/7 and do not like to reboot either which only hurts the situation.
If I wasn't a damn student I would run out and grab one of these nice new mobo's (apparently intel is owning amd now...), but I must wait!
Haha, I would have started the article similarly.
It's hard to predict what life will be like in a hundred years. There are only a few things we can say with certainty. We know that everyone will drive elephants, that zoning laws will be relaxed to allow buildings to build to China, that beaches will be sunny all the time, and that women will all be trained in karma sutra.
What an idiot, the article starts wrong and goes downhill from there.
Right. That is the worst case of ignorance I have saw in a while!
Who is going to program the computers to be so smart? And how! And will those programmers not need to read their own code?
I just love predictions, people can not accurately predict what the new trends will be in 6 months let alone 100 years!!!
:)
I personally think that there will be some sort of "brave new world", where I wont be nearly as smart as Alphas. But not as dumb as epsilons, they are stupid. I am happy being a beta, betas are best.
Speaking of brave new worlds, give me some sex-hormone chewing gum because its time for orgy porgy! I sure hope Ford doesn't find out!
THAT book is realistic predictor!
Can slashdot posters/modders make sure that the actual article gets posted this way
instead of modding down a GOOD post and ignoring this time after time with NYT posts
Fool! Use multithreading to make way more money!
0 A = SomeElectrical.stockShares();
1 A.Buy();
2 echo("dumb idea");
3 A.Sell();
4 Debunk(2);
5 Call Casino-NASDAQ(random(dumb idea));
6 GOTO 1;
Redundancy is the best way to go!
Look at a RAID...it makes use of a large number of slow storage to make one fast storage system!
Maybe the true future lies in redundancy, having the Internet over all 3 will allow for the most reliable and fastest service!
I, for one, would call it DUMB (da unusual method biotch)
Phase 1: Claim to put the internet over the power grid!
Phase 2: Have your claims debunked for years!
Phase 3: ?????
Phase 4: Profit!
I heard that the internet is on computers now, and computers need power dont they?
It is a logical choice/next step!
But seriously, why even consider this option. I would rather people looking into getting a minimum 1 foot RADIUS (not diameter) fiber optic cable coming into my house. So I can download porn, mp3's, movies, games, software, and mod chip bios's quicker. Because cable is not fast enough to meet my needs. At least I am honest.
Lets make a pretty similar analogy here.
You are a car manufacturer, and make a new kickass car. Now OPEC gas is not elite enough for this new car of yours, so you make this additive which adds octane to the OPEC gas.
The kiddies that buy your car go to the gas station, and they buy gas which has the additive in it, which they pay more for (or the same considering microsoft isnt going to make it cost MORE for the improved CE), and the money from the gas all goes to the OPEC gas company.
You developed the additive, but do not benefit by the sale of it.
This would not happen outside the monopolistic software industry
You mean your work parties are not DURING work?
I dont quite make 250...but I do get paid to drink grog on a few occasions
Now you can not go wrong with that!
So lets get this straight.
Blue badges for fulltime employees. Good pay, benefits, and you go to their parties.
Orange badges for interns/contract employees. Decent pay, you dont go to their parties.
A large "L" on the foreheads and kick to the nuts to those of whom improve their code.
Why do they bother hiring anyone!
It is a mildly shortened version of Jack Handy's quote. :)
If you still cannot find it, I will provide a link :)
Good for you. Especially concerning the part about gifts/flowers for mourning colleagues.
I think Microsoft, and a variety of other corportations are missing the big picture here. First, the best and easiest way to make people work harder/better for the company is to make them feel like what they are doing matters, and that they are important. Especially in technical work, I can either do 2 hours of work and stare at my monitor for 6 hours a day, or if I feel motivated I can do 7-8 hours of work.
Just because they are a temp does not mean that the company does not have a stake in how hard their employees are working...they are usually doing the same tasks as regular employees, which are generally quite important.
Consultants or temps should NOT get a benefits package, consisting of medical, dental, and other coverage. The reasons for this are obvious, full timers earn this as a reward for being dedicated and committed to remaining at a company, and it is incentive to become a full timer (not to mention opportunity for abuse).
However, they should be treated in every other way as a regular employee, the company benefits the most from that. A happy worker is a hard worker.
This brings me to my second point, that for the small costs involved in, for example, sending flowers to an employee who lost someone close, inviting contractors/temps to employee parties, all of these small bonuses we enjoy while working, are tiny in comparison to potential gains in productivity.
Buy the bastard 10$ in cheap wine at the company party, bring him out on the company golf day, you are renting the whole course anyways!
I am sure there will magically be happier employees who do more work, get to work on time, and who knows...maybe when you are looking for a full timer he will apply and you will save a whole lot in training costs.
Hell, buy him cheap champagne!
Interesting. So since the most troublesome part about recharging involves finding and getting to the base station, why not have the base station replace the battery in the robot.
For example, with web-cam robots, have several of them, and train then to return to the station when they are running low on battery (easier said than done, because depending on their distance from the recharge station they need to go at different times, unless the max distance does not vary too much from the average distance then you could have it so that the maximum power they need from the maximum distance they could be away, they should start returning when they have that much power)
But anyways, then have some sort of mechanized "robot" station which replaces the battery instead of having them just attach to a charger. 24/7 operation of such robots is a definate advantage that I could see of using robots, and why sacrifice it just because you have one battery instead of 2 or 3.
Interestingly enough though, the tough thing to do is going to be have them return to their base station, and avoid obstacles in doing so.
Fun, fun, fun with robots!!
I have no idea why your post got trolled.
I seriously would like to see the power sources being used as well, it provides an interesting perspective of robots...
What would be ideal is have two sets of removeable batteries for the robot, as well as one smaller battery which always remains in the robot. Then, when the robot senses its power is getting low, it goes to the battery charger and switches batteries, while using auxilary power during the time when he does not have either battery in him.
Similarly, another option could be a "sleep" mode where when the robot senses his batteries are going low he goes and sits in a charger until he is replenished.
This is a very important part about robotics, because if I buy a robot to clean my floor and fetch me my beers, I sure as hell do not want to carry the 500 pound hunk of metal to his charger when he runs out of juice!
It must be nice to criticize a good point with a "troll" comment. Great arguement against the fact that the US government violates its people's rights when it suits them.
Provide evidence to the contrary, or you "Go home, troll". My evidence, the article. Go read it. Find something which disproves that the government is violating his rights.
you have to stay away from the roommates.
Reason #1. Hot girls generally have hot friends. And lots!
Reason #2. You do something with her...she gets pissed at you later...then who is going to cook and clean?!!?
Reason #3. You have to put up with her 24/7...can you really take the risk of having a bitchy roommate?
Reason #4. She will catch you with other girls. Girls you dont live with wont find out about each other.
And the list goes on and on....
You forgot one thing...this is a roommate.
Definately not worth the trouble!
Things go sour, and you are stuck with that 24/7 for who knows how long!
When I read your post, I read "Seeing a woman on her knees....suck punch...swinging away..."
It must be still early...or slashdot is using some invisible "whitespace" code to make the words change!
(or .co.uk's)
Our aim is to exterminate all hackers and virus felons from the Internet by the end of 2004, and we have the unique technology to do it."
Even as a joke thats extra funny!
I hope their past work experience involved inventing the question mark...
You cant stop the 31337 h4xs0rs!
I owned my roommates computer last nite...and she couldnt trace NOTHING!
Err...yes...it would have been EASIER to go into her room...but less fun
Now all day today her computer background will be changing to some funny pictures, for obvious reasons
Just because it does not suit your particular needs, think of all the niches this fills.
I personally have my sweetass stereo hooked up to my computer, however, if I am listening to a CD or the radio I still like computer volume. So...I still have some decent computer speakers.
Now, if my monitor had integrated speakers, that would save some equipment and maybe money.
Then, what about the 3/4 of computer users who have those ghetto computer speakers or none at all? This will be super-duper-fantastic for them.
Good idea, well done, now its a matter of price.
Good call and thanks for the rebuttle.
It is actually a SHORTENED version of the Jack Handy quote due to sig lengths, but Jack Handy nonetheless.
The whole quote is:
I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.
Other sweet ones are:
"I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times." It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach. He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on. "
"He was a cowboy, mister, and he loved the land. He loved it so much he made a woman out of dirt and married her. But when he kissed her, she disintegrated. Later, at the funeral, when the preacher said, "Dust to dust," some people laughed, and the cowboy shot them. At his hanging, he told the others, "I'll be waiting for you in heaven--with a gun." "
"To me, it's a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, "Hey, can you give me a hand?" You can say, "Sorry, got these sacks." "
"Tonight, when we were eating dinner, Marta said something that really knocked me for a loop. She said, "I love carrots." "Good," I said as I gritted my teeth real hard. "Then maybe you and carrots would like to go into the bedroom and have sex!" They didn't, but maybe they will sometime, and I can watch. "
"When the chairman introduced the guest speaker as a former illegal alien, I got up from my chair and yelled, "What's the matter, no jobs on Mars?" When no one laughed, I was real embarrassed. I don't think people should make you feel that way. "
I think it was a pun on conventional :P
Being a conventional oven
Opposed to a convectional oven.
Which is which, I dunno...thats womans work!