That's what Taco Bell did when I worked there. Might be different at fanchise stores, but coporate wouldn't let you get near 40. If I hit break time at >37 I could bet on going home early. The only time I ever got OT there was once when one of the dumber shift managers debated with me about 38 + 3 being 41.
At McDonald's I am pretty sure they did this to me. I'd be asked to stay over, and then when no OT was on the paystub I'd ask and they'd say it was there, just didn't show up as OT. Or sometimes I would get my OT and they'd bitch about it like I'd asked to stay over.
Yeah I liked that it didn't drop icons everywhere, and decide it was my new text editor. It still has a crappy UI , though that is a media players in general problem, and it's nowhere near as bad as MusicMatch. If it can do a iTunes-like sync with my Dell DJ than it's my new audio management tool, though from the looks of the options I doubt it even knows what the DJ is.
What portion of Firefly helped MS out in developing Passport. I remember Firefly being a web based chat/community type thing with some agent technology that didn't work all that well. How'd that contribute towards an authentication system?
That's my problem with most CLI + GUI combinations on Linux. I still have to know what the hell the 20 CLI options mean, I just get to type into a text box rather than an xterm, how is this any better?
The way I read it, it means they are going to continue to support it, previously I believe support for MSJVM ended in September of this year. I would guess they still won't ship it, this agreement just lets them keep supporting the dolts that wrote applets or whatever against the MSJVM.
And really I don't think Windows needs to ship with it, as much as I like Java I'd be just fine with never seeing a Java app on my desktop ever again.
Becuase of that decision, Gnome will never be used in something like a PDA.
Good, it doesn't belong on a PDA to begin with. Look how much WinCE sucked when Microsoft was trying to shove the desktop metaphor onto a palmtop/handheld.
I can only speak for myself, but I think it's probably true for most of the 18-34 demographic, bring more boob to the tube and I will be more inclined to watch TV.
I don't know about everybody else, but I've pretty much never played any PS1 games on my PS2, even though I didn't have a PS1. So as far as I'm concerned backward compatibility is a non-issue.
That went away by unchecking the Check to see of IE is default box that's in Internet Settings someplace. And at no point was Netscape disabled, just not default.
Damn right. It must be nice to have the money to sit around and spit out idealistic crap regarding Wal*Mart (and I don't argue that much of it is true), but when you're bairly making it there's pretty much no choice.
No, it sounds a lot like Visual Studio.net. VS03 lets you use the same basic framework, languages, and environment to write code from phones to application servers. This sounds like the same kind of unification for several game platforms.
And don't complain to us if it is mysteriously disabled every now and then.
When does this happen? I've used Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP Home, XP Pro and I don't recall an application competing with an MS equivilant being disabled. Yes when you install a service pack or major IE update it makes IE default again, but Netscape does the same thing on install.
No, they aren't a monopoly, they are the dominate player. Linux and OS X are viable choices anyone can make, Microsoft's not stopping anyone from doing so.
I don't think I agree with this suit. Media Player isn't near a monopoly in media players. Almost everyone has Quicktime installed, Real comes preinstalled on Dells, DivX is out there. There are things Microsoft has done that I don't think were right, but bundling software with the OS isn't one of them. Anymore I expect some type of media player, a browser, and e-mail client, whatever to come with my OS, be it OS X, Windows, or Linux.
Things like the BeOS lockout are what I'd think should be the focus of antitrust type suits against MS, not value add to Windows.
Ever since download.com started charging people to list their stuff most useful free stuff has disappeared. I used to hit up download.com all the time, now just once in a while for a game demo.
And I do think there is less freeware on Windows than there used to be, possibly because creative coders have defected to Linux and OS X.
I live around Nashville, and I believe they assemble Inspirons in this here, so both of my Dells have come in 5 days or less. One small bright spot about living in this area...
I didn't get the impression that XAML was an HTML replacement so much as a way to do Windows UI through markup. So I'd have to agree with XAML not taking over HTML.
I would probably have to say the GCN is a better design than the XBOX. Especially with the way it keeps the discs seated, so bumping it around a bit doesn't cause a scratched to hell disc. The PS2 to my mind is badly designed, it's light the cords are short, that inevitably leads to disaster, and then there's the weird sleep and power button thing.
Because they don't care, and computers are very dynamic. Once someone figures out how their DVD player and TV work they always know, it's a static UI. PCs on the other hand can change continually, and for those that use it for one specific thing, or just as a tool it remains confusing. I've spent a great deal of time over the last 8 years on a computer, and most of that time on the web. With that much time under my belt, and that fact that I care about computers/programming/internet I can adjust when things change a bit, be it the OS or a website redesign, whatever. Some guy/girl who works in a PC free environment just want to come home, check e-mail, read sports scores. They don't know or care about OS revisions and new website layouts and such, and PCs being a fairly new device with a dynamic interface confuse them. This will change I think as more and more people grow up with PCs, but for the time being we the 'elite' need to try to accomodate these people.
And a lot of people who use a PC all day at work really only use one application, so as soon as they step out of that app they're lost.
The XBOX is well designed I think. The menu system is intuitive, the controller cord release is great, it runs quiet, the new Controller-S is well designed. I've also had no problems with MS mice and keyboards. I'm skeptical about these things as well, and the Tablet PC, but to say they've never done any hardware well just isn't true.
I had an experience with a similar type of operation that was based in Columbus Ohio, called Explorer Micro. My girlfriend's kids needed just a basic PC, enough to run Messenger/Aim and play MP3s. I googled around, found these boxes for $199 + shipping. Figured that works for me, ordered, then after the fact discover they have a customer satisfaction rating from hell, legal problems with Microsoft, etc. I placed the order on a Sunday, box arrived on Thursday and it was exactly as described. Ordered another one from them about 3 months later, they took a damn month to get it out, I called like 50 times, each time it was on the floor being built, in the box, UPS almost there, etc...
At any rate I guess my point is there are probably quite a few shady/shitty whitebox makers out there, so you gotta watch your step, sometimes even if you have prior experience with one.
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At McDonald's I am pretty sure they did this to me. I'd be asked to stay over, and then when no OT was on the paystub I'd ask and they'd say it was there, just didn't show up as OT. Or sometimes I would get my OT and they'd bitch about it like I'd asked to stay over.
Yeah I liked that it didn't drop icons everywhere, and decide it was my new text editor. It still has a crappy UI , though that is a media players in general problem, and it's nowhere near as bad as MusicMatch. If it can do a iTunes-like sync with my Dell DJ than it's my new audio management tool, though from the looks of the options I doubt it even knows what the DJ is.
What portion of Firefly helped MS out in developing Passport. I remember Firefly being a web based chat/community type thing with some agent technology that didn't work all that well. How'd that contribute towards an authentication system?
That's my problem with most CLI + GUI combinations on Linux. I still have to know what the hell the 20 CLI options mean, I just get to type into a text box rather than an xterm, how is this any better?
And really I don't think Windows needs to ship with it, as much as I like Java I'd be just fine with never seeing a Java app on my desktop ever again.
Good, it doesn't belong on a PDA to begin with. Look how much WinCE sucked when Microsoft was trying to shove the desktop metaphor onto a palmtop/handheld.
I can only speak for myself, but I think it's probably true for most of the 18-34 demographic, bring more boob to the tube and I will be more inclined to watch TV.
I don't know about everybody else, but I've pretty much never played any PS1 games on my PS2, even though I didn't have a PS1. So as far as I'm concerned backward compatibility is a non-issue.
That went away by unchecking the Check to see of IE is default box that's in Internet Settings someplace. And at no point was Netscape disabled, just not default.
Damn right. It must be nice to have the money to sit around and spit out idealistic crap regarding Wal*Mart (and I don't argue that much of it is true), but when you're bairly making it there's pretty much no choice.
No, it sounds a lot like Visual Studio .net. VS03 lets you use the same basic framework, languages, and environment to write code from phones to application servers. This sounds like the same kind of unification for several game platforms.
When does this happen? I've used Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP Home, XP Pro and I don't recall an application competing with an MS equivilant being disabled. Yes when you install a service pack or major IE update it makes IE default again, but Netscape does the same thing on install.
No, they aren't a monopoly, they are the dominate player. Linux and OS X are viable choices anyone can make, Microsoft's not stopping anyone from doing so.
I don't think I agree with this suit. Media Player isn't near a monopoly in media players. Almost everyone has Quicktime installed, Real comes preinstalled on Dells, DivX is out there. There are things Microsoft has done that I don't think were right, but bundling software with the OS isn't one of them. Anymore I expect some type of media player, a browser, and e-mail client, whatever to come with my OS, be it OS X, Windows, or Linux.
Things like the BeOS lockout are what I'd think should be the focus of antitrust type suits against MS, not value add to Windows.
Ever since download.com started charging people to list their stuff most useful free stuff has disappeared. I used to hit up download.com all the time, now just once in a while for a game demo.
And I do think there is less freeware on Windows than there used to be, possibly because creative coders have defected to Linux and OS X.
I live around Nashville, and I believe they assemble Inspirons in this here, so both of my Dells have come in 5 days or less. One small bright spot about living in this area...
I didn't get the impression that XAML was an HTML replacement so much as a way to do Windows UI through markup. So I'd have to agree with XAML not taking over HTML.
I would probably have to say the GCN is a better design than the XBOX. Especially with the way it keeps the discs seated, so bumping it around a bit doesn't cause a scratched to hell disc. The PS2 to my mind is badly designed, it's light the cords are short, that inevitably leads to disaster, and then there's the weird sleep and power button thing.
Because they don't care, and computers are very dynamic. Once someone figures out how their DVD player and TV work they always know, it's a static UI. PCs on the other hand can change continually, and for those that use it for one specific thing, or just as a tool it remains confusing. I've spent a great deal of time over the last 8 years on a computer, and most of that time on the web. With that much time under my belt, and that fact that I care about computers/programming/internet I can adjust when things change a bit, be it the OS or a website redesign, whatever. Some guy/girl who works in a PC free environment just want to come home, check e-mail, read sports scores. They don't know or care about OS revisions and new website layouts and such, and PCs being a fairly new device with a dynamic interface confuse them. This will change I think as more and more people grow up with PCs, but for the time being we the 'elite' need to try to accomodate these people.
And a lot of people who use a PC all day at work really only use one application, so as soon as they step out of that app they're lost.
The XBOX is well designed I think. The menu system is intuitive, the controller cord release is great, it runs quiet, the new Controller-S is well designed. I've also had no problems with MS mice and keyboards. I'm skeptical about these things as well, and the Tablet PC, but to say they've never done any hardware well just isn't true.
The CueCat I have is PS2 (though there may well be a USB one as well), and it was indeed just a barcode reader.
At 70,000 feet maybe they'll be able to see WMD in Iraq.
I had an experience with a similar type of operation that was based in Columbus Ohio, called Explorer Micro. My girlfriend's kids needed just a basic PC, enough to run Messenger/Aim and play MP3s. I googled around, found these boxes for $199 + shipping. Figured that works for me, ordered, then after the fact discover they have a customer satisfaction rating from hell, legal problems with Microsoft, etc. I placed the order on a Sunday, box arrived on Thursday and it was exactly as described. Ordered another one from them about 3 months later, they took a damn month to get it out, I called like 50 times, each time it was on the floor being built, in the box, UPS almost there, etc...
At any rate I guess my point is there are probably quite a few shady/shitty whitebox makers out there, so you gotta watch your step, sometimes even if you have prior experience with one.
I didn't think you could live in Manhattan on 40k, let alone have money left over for Spam offers.