Hmm... I read these kind of articles, and the accompanying comments, and I wonder about certain people. I'm a systems administrator at a community college (80K new users / year - yeah!), and I don't [make | have] it bad. If the sysadmin treats you OK, return the favor. I'm constantly surprised by technical people who think they are "above the rules of common courtesy" or something. It's called being a "professional." If you do a good job, you can make a decent living. If you treat people well, they'll treat you well. Be upfront about what you can and can't do, and the managers won't think they have to ride you to get you to do something. From what I've seen, slacker-admins give other admins a bad rep. In the 10+ years I've been in the field, I've never met anyone who went into the sysadmin job for "the glory." It's about making a decent living, and - yes - being slightly anal about security.;)
Hey now, uh... Tim. Let's hope it's not necessary. Let's not relegate New Life to a thoroughly mediocre guitar player - at least not until that cell phone rings.
Myself (and quite a few of my friends) voiced sufficient outrage at this (since their major marketing ploy a few months earlier had been, "No stupid cards") that the manager of our local store went in the back room and dug out another set of "sign up sheets" for the cards. There on the bottom was a box you could check labeled (I'm paraphrasing here), "Give me a frickin' card without me having to sign up for your spam."
I found out later that he was required to have these out in the first place, and I've never seen the ones without the boxes since. My guess is you gave our your data without being "forced" to do so to get the discount rates.
Who the hell are you and why are you getting mod points? Mod me down as un-funny if you like, but modding this post "troll" is just stupid. Perhaps you need a bit of a refresher in what "troll" means:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll
Consider this a LART, with an emphasis on the ell.
As a technology worker in a local community college, I see lots of potential for advancement in education. Thankfully, my supervisor trusts me implicitly to make good decisions on technology. We are moving to open source solutions for the majority of our online learning, and it's looking like upper management is begining to see that providing courses to students when it's convenient to them (ie, distance and mediated learning) really is cost effective.
Think of it this way: We're out of classroom space. We can't cram more students into existing classes, and we can't build a new building due to space concerns. Commiting to a lease on another property is not feasible at this time, so we're left trying to find "creative" solutions. That's my job. We've got virtual classrooms that let instructors meet with their students online, and the scaling costs are significantly reduced compaired to brick and mortar classes.
On the other hand, we have lots of instructors who feel threatened by this, and it's tough to work with them.
April issue, and I must say it saddens me. While I agree with their position (anti-nutball theories), it is highly unprofesisonal of them. I know of a few people who canceled their subscriptions (myself not included).
I DID find it highly ironic that the essay both criticized the emotional attachments of eccentric nutballs to their pet theories, and at the same time carried the whipish attitude of a holier-than-thou stereotype lambasting others for daring to oppose what (in their opinion) is "obviously the Truth."
Way to go, guys. Your commitment to printing only facts and truth shows through wonderfully.
This really surprises me. Taken to it's logical end (I know, when was the last time they did *that* - rim shot - you guys are hiLARRYous), something like this could concevably allow people to use any old editor they wanted, and it would be able to talk to Word. If that was the case, and I could choose between MS Office and OpenOffice, I think I know which one I'd use, just based on the fact that I would rather spend my money on, I dunno, savings accounts or IRA contributions... Maybe I'd pay off my house a little earlier. But that's not my point.
My point is: Since this seems like it could really hurt them, I'm wondering if anyone knows of other software companies that have done this - and what happened to them? Is there even anything as ubiquitous as Word that we can compare to?
It references the original "coming out" article which states:
"We see the market transitioning out of academic and government (areas) and into the enterprise," Oldroyd said. "As that move happens, you'll find that people need to have a familiar interface. They're not interested in tuning it and tweaking it. They want to get their work done."
So now I'm curious... Are they selling to managers, who use the windows i/f and want to think they can "get the job done" on the new server cluster? Or are they trying to suggest that no one in corp uses un*x systems?
I think what Microsoft really needs to do is come up with a line of kitchen appliances. I for one would buy them. I mean, hey, maybe then I could learn how to cook! Imagine having the same interface on the fridge and the coffee maker! Oh sure, some whiny liberal will probably complain that they don't NEED the percolate button for their ice cream, but this is America! Choice is what made this country great!
'A tissue membrane that takes in an Oxygen/Nitogen mix, filters out the 0xygen and disperses it to complex system of small tubes that bond the oxygen into a plasma compund. The oxygen is then develived via this plama conduit.'
Binkly: On behalf of the human race, I'd like to appologize for this little faux pas.
Hodge-Podge: Oh my. Certainly.
Binkly: If it's not too much trouble, could you stop breathing until, oh say, 17 years?
Boy... If we had a nickel for everytime we've heard that, well, we'd certainly have lots of nickels...
But your point is still there. Although, I guess if it wasn't, well, this article may not have appeared on slashdot, as the appeals court at least must have seen it the same way. Then again, see my reply to one of the posts before yours.
The software giant had been sued by Eolas Technologies and the University of California for allegedly infringing patents with its Explorer web browser....
But the appeals court has reversed part of the judgement, giving Microsoft the chance to make its case once more.
OK then. Perhaps I used the wrong "lingo" that you obviously know all to well. Please enlighten this "idiot." And while you're at it, prove you're not a troll and post with a name.
I have no idea who decided it. I didn't see anything in the article to said so. It just refrences an "appeals court."
The fact that they lost the first round and got an appeal is sort of my point, but I get the impression you were more interested in making assumptions and flaming me than you were in trying to understand my real meaning. That's alright, people do it all the time.
Well, it seems you are getting lots of answers from people who think it's funny to laugh at you/your idea. It's usually a good idea to ignore them, but I'd sure like the [+1 moron] option some times. These are the same people posting in support of cheats in MMORPG a few hours ago.;)
I actually speak a bit of Japanese ( Hajimemashite! ) and I work in the distance learning center of a community college in the SF bay area. I've got some ideas that might ACTUALLY be helpful for you.
Online Courses:
WebCT has pretty good support for foreign language, and we have some courses for both Chinese and Vietnamese. I know of at least one college using WebCT for beginning Japanese with fairly high success rates (in terms of retention at census and articulation). I've heard that MOODLE works alright, but if you want an open source solution, wait a few months and look for Sakai. It's a joint venture between quite a few schools that have a vested interest in online courses. At the moment, I do not have any information on whether sakai will support unicode characters, but if I *had* to guess, I would say it's likely.
Language Exchange Bonuses:
Try to get your students involoved with one of the chat groups that are Japanese/English chats. These are groups which are designed for English speakers who are learning Japanese and Japanese persons learning English. The idea is to trade off what your learning. Strictly speaking, you will not get much auditory bennifet out of this, but you WILL get the grammar and "conversation flow" practice.
Let me know if you want more suggestions, etc. I'd be happy to give more examples/ideas.
HIH
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Hmm... I read these kind of articles, and the accompanying comments, and I wonder about certain people. I'm a systems administrator at a community college (80K new users / year - yeah!), and I don't [make | have] it bad. If the sysadmin treats you OK, return the favor. I'm constantly surprised by technical people who think they are "above the rules of common courtesy" or something. It's called being a "professional." If you do a good job, you can make a decent living. If you treat people well, they'll treat you well. Be upfront about what you can and can't do, and the managers won't think they have to ride you to get you to do something. From what I've seen, slacker-admins give other admins a bad rep. In the 10+ years I've been in the field, I've never met anyone who went into the sysadmin job for "the glory." It's about making a decent living, and - yes - being slightly anal about security. ;)
Hey now, uh... Tim. Let's hope it's not necessary. Let's not relegate New Life to a thoroughly mediocre guitar player - at least not until that cell phone rings.
Someone help me out here... How could the BRITISH government go after Larry Wall, an AMERICAN citizan for his creation of the Perl language?
I'm certain Larry won't be losing any sleep over this. (Over something ELSE right about now, maybe, but certainly not this ;) ).
Myself (and quite a few of my friends) voiced sufficient outrage at this (since their major marketing ploy a few months earlier had been, "No stupid cards") that the manager of our local store went in the back room and dug out another set of "sign up sheets" for the cards. There on the bottom was a box you could check labeled (I'm paraphrasing here), "Give me a frickin' card without me having to sign up for your spam."
I found out later that he was required to have these out in the first place, and I've never seen the ones without the boxes since. My guess is you gave our your data without being "forced" to do so to get the discount rates.
YMMV
Interesting to see this idea actually working now. I think I first saw this five years ago on IBM's Alphaworks site. Ah yes, here it is.
http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/393/part2/p icard.html
...sure, if he hadn't been reading Robinson novels the night before...
Who the hell are you and why are you getting mod points? Mod me down as un-funny if you like, but modding this post "troll" is just stupid. Perhaps you need a bit of a refresher in what "troll" means:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll
Consider this a LART, with an emphasis on the ell.
(Sorry, it HAD to be done).
OK. Bets on how long it will take for someone to make the required:
unBRIDEld nerd
pun. I'm certainly not going to stoop to that level.
As a technology worker in a local community college, I see lots of potential for advancement in education. Thankfully, my supervisor trusts me implicitly to make good decisions on technology. We are moving to open source solutions for the majority of our online learning, and it's looking like upper management is begining to see that providing courses to students when it's convenient to them (ie, distance and mediated learning) really is cost effective.
Think of it this way: We're out of classroom space. We can't cram more students into existing classes, and we can't build a new building due to space concerns. Commiting to a lease on another property is not feasible at this time, so we're left trying to find "creative" solutions. That's my job. We've got virtual classrooms that let instructors meet with their students online, and the scaling costs are significantly reduced compaired to brick and mortar classes.
On the other hand, we have lots of instructors who feel threatened by this, and it's tough to work with them.
April issue, and I must say it saddens me. While I agree with their position (anti-nutball theories), it is highly unprofesisonal of them. I know of a few people who canceled their subscriptions (myself not included).
I DID find it highly ironic that the essay both criticized the emotional attachments of eccentric nutballs to their pet theories, and at the same time carried the whipish attitude of a holier-than-thou stereotype lambasting others for daring to oppose what (in their opinion) is "obviously the Truth."
Way to go, guys. Your commitment to printing only facts and truth shows through wonderfully.
My point is: Since this seems like it could really hurt them, I'm wondering if anyone knows of other software companies that have done this - and what happened to them? Is there even anything as ubiquitous as Word that we can compare to?
It references the original "coming out" article which states:
So now I'm curious... Are they selling to managers, who use the windows i/f and want to think they can "get the job done" on the new server cluster? Or are they trying to suggest that no one in corp uses un*x systems?
I think what Microsoft really needs to do is come up with a line of kitchen appliances. I for one would buy them. I mean, hey, maybe then I could learn how to cook! Imagine having the same interface on the fridge and the coffee maker! Oh sure, some whiny liberal will probably complain that they don't NEED the percolate button for their ice cream, but this is America! Choice is what made this country great!
Note: /. may edit out the
tags.Binkly: On behalf of the human race, I'd like to appologize for this little faux pas.
Hodge-Podge: Oh my. Certainly.
Binkly: If it's not too much trouble, could you stop breathing until, oh say, 17 years?
You know, someone, somewhere is going to start an email campaign based on that... ;)
Contents may have been scrated during shipping...
during shipping...
during shipping...
Scientific American
(I didn't have to subscribe, YMMV.)
Boy... If we had a nickel for everytime we've heard that, well, we'd certainly have lots of nickels...
But your point is still there. Although, I guess if it wasn't, well, this article may not have appeared on slashdot, as the appeals court at least must have seen it the same way. Then again, see my reply to one of the posts before yours.
They're trying to settle out of court. ;)
Actually, considering the wild inaccuracy of some of the CONTENT on slashdot, it never ceases to surprise me when someone complains about the layout.
We don't care if it's crap as long as it's pretty.
Sorry, maybe you had to be there...
Hmmm.
OK then. Perhaps I used the wrong "lingo" that you obviously know all to well. Please enlighten this "idiot." And while you're at it, prove you're not a troll and post with a name. I have no idea who decided it. I didn't see anything in the article to said so. It just refrences an "appeals court."
The fact that they lost the first round and got an appeal is sort of my point, but I get the impression you were more interested in making assumptions and flaming me than you were in trying to understand my real meaning. That's alright, people do it all the time.
Have a good day.
Wait... WHO decided it would be a good idea to retry Micro$oft during the Bush administration?!?
Well, it seems you are getting lots of answers from people who think it's funny to laugh at you/your idea. It's usually a good idea to ignore them, but I'd sure like the [+1 moron] option some times. These are the same people posting in support of cheats in MMORPG a few hours ago. ;)
I actually speak a bit of Japanese ( Hajimemashite! ) and I work in the distance learning center of a community college in the SF bay area. I've got some ideas that might ACTUALLY be helpful for you.
Online Courses:
WebCT has pretty good support for foreign language, and we have some courses for both Chinese and Vietnamese. I know of at least one college using WebCT for beginning Japanese with fairly high success rates (in terms of retention at census and articulation). I've heard that MOODLE works alright, but if you want an open source solution, wait a few months and look for Sakai. It's a joint venture between quite a few schools that have a vested interest in online courses. At the moment, I do not have any information on whether sakai will support unicode characters, but if I *had* to guess, I would say it's likely.
Language Exchange Bonuses:
Try to get your students involoved with one of the chat groups that are Japanese/English chats. These are groups which are designed for English speakers who are learning Japanese and Japanese persons learning English. The idea is to trade off what your learning. Strictly speaking, you will not get much auditory bennifet out of this, but you WILL get the grammar and "conversation flow" practice.
Let me know if you want more suggestions, etc. I'd be happy to give more examples/ideas. HIH
heh heh. I wonder if they had any organization in mind when they said that.