Granted, you may not trust those numbers, but still, I'd say that's comparable. Plus, you don't have to deal with the cattle-car rush that is the boarding on a Southwest flight. I'd take the train in this case... similar price, reasonable speed and none of the hell that comes along with modern air travel...
And, this will be a train from San Diego to LA as well...
Indeed - "superstar" is recruiter speak. Whenever I get a recruiter calling saying he/she has a real "superstar" or "rockstar" for me, I know immediately to blow the person off, because these words usually mean the recruiter has no idea what the hell they are talking about.
Mapquest has one thing that none of the others will provide -- a licensable API that allows you to use any of their mapping services without ads. Neither Google, Yahoo nor MS (although I'm not 100% sure on MS) provides this. You may get the basics (show a point on a map) but other items like driving directions must be provided from the ad-supported pages.
That becomes important when you are building branded sites - say you want to build a site for a supermarket chain, that shows branch locations and allows the user to get driving directions. You wouldn't want the driving directions to show ads for a competing supermarket chain. This is where MapQuest comes in. Other than this case though, I'm not sure why you would use it...
I like the new design... this way, it is stackable...
I can see pulling together a media center that consists of a Mac Mini, Apple TV and one of these new base stations, and they all stack together!
Argh... if you watch the video, you'll hear that the land was already zoned for commercial use. It isn't like they bought land that was going to be used for housing and are going to convert it. They're going to be building on land that is already used for commercial purposes.
Very simple - web based applications that require 1) Easy to maintain browser independence, 2) the gathering, collection and manipulation of large amounts of data, 3) highly interactive user interfaces
Hmm... who builds applications like that? Maybe SAP? Or, maybe you want a more complete list?
There is a significant need for web based applications that provide a rich interface for users to manipulate data. Eventually, nearly all applications that gather/manipulate data will be delivered over the web. Some version of this can be built with HTML (and the related buzzwords, like AJAX), but technologies like Flash/Flex do it better. It provides a better user experience, more control for the developer and most of all, a toolbox that was specifically designed for application development.
You're missing the point. Of course you will still have to do server side validation (at least, you should). The advantage here is that you provide a better user experience. The user can click the "Submit" button (or whatever) and instantly know if the entered data is valid. Sure, you can fake your way around it, but it isn't designed to prevent script kiddies from doing their stuff, its to tell Grandpa that he mistyped when he entered his email address.
My friend working in Europe get 5 weeks! (and I think that is pretty standard, at least on the continent)
I get two weeks plus holidays...
Not that I'm bitter. I think vacation really does help with productivity. Whether we realize it or not, constant work really wears us down. Taking a real vacation (at least a week) gives one a chance to completely separate from work and really relax. I've taken two weeks this year and both times had extremely productive periods immediately after I came back. I wish companies in the US would realize the value in that!
As someone who was actually there to hear it - he didn't say everyone should drop out of college. Far from it - instead, he said it was exactly what HE needed at the time. He didn't do it because he was being an irresponsible dick, he did it because his tuition costs were overwhelming his parents' resources and he didn't want to do that to them.
He wasn't attempting to invalidate the degrees of the people he was speaking to - instead he was using a very personal story to explain the idea that people should go through life with confidence rather than be afraid of what can happen...
I've seen four or five commencement speeches over the last few years and in all honesty, this one was the best by far. It was heartfelt, had important things to say and alternated between being funny and quite touching. Jobs obviously put a lot of thought into the speech and really took it seriously.
Meh, not quite. The same directory did the first two films, and I think he was asked to stop because the films weren't quite living up to the source material.
The third one was a new director, and given that it was waaay better than the first two, I think they wanted to have him do the fourth BUT post-production on the third overlapped with pre-production on the fourth (maybe even filming) so it was impossible.
Simple - drug companies cannot be trusted to do this kind of research. And, to be honest - we shouldn't let them fund this kind of research. Recent reports have shown that something like 80 percent of the results reported for research funded by drug companies is favorable, while only 60 percent (I think, maybe less) is favorable for independent, government funded studies.
We do not want the drug companies tainting stem cell research with their money - too many of them will cook the books to make it appear more favorable than it really is. If stem cells do yield something, I want to know for sure that I can trust the results.
Amen, are there any pictures? Especially since the robot in the sketch appears to be shooting flames from its right hand. I wanna see those flames - there may be enslavement potential here yet!
Yeah... they made the same mistake with Stanford on the Web Pages thing.... hell, they've offered web space to their students for years, since at least 1997...
Good. With California (still) facing rather sizable budget deficits and having paid Diebold so much money to begin with, this seems like a good step. I'm worried about the 2004 election in our state, we don't have enough machines, volunteers or money to solve the problems. Since my taxes went toward paying for those machines in the first place, I'd be happy to see the state get some of my money back so it can put it towards the stuff it really needs.
Too bad about the criminal case though, it may not be fair, but Diebold sure seem like a bunch of crooks to me!
Yep - U2's last album sold a ton... there were only one or two songs on there that were any good... funny - I found myself listening to it (all of it) over and over. It was one of the few albums with lyrics that actually meant something that year and it won awards almost every time it was nominated for something.
They're a band with an extreme social conscience, who have worked for peace in Ireland, AIDS assistance in Africa and numerous other causes.
You may not like their music but to extend that as a judgment of their character is quite a reach.
Imagine you had invested a fair amount of money and time in something. What's wrong with wanting to have the choice in how it is presented? What's wrong with wanting compensation for your efforts? Or at least the chance to have your efforts break even? Its not like they said they were going to sue the people they catch downloading it; they said they would compete with the illegal option. Yes, the money U2 makes supports their lifestyle. While they already have tons of money, of all of the groups in popular music these days, I'd say they have the greatest chance of doing something good with it.
Sheesh! I know this is/. but would it kill people to think before they write around here from time to time?
I picked up a digital output cable for my GC but I was sorely disappointed to learn that they only had a S-Video digital cable and not a component digital cable. Seemed rather silly to me...
Echoing what some other posters have said here, Nintendo didn't exactly make the cables easy to get - plus, they sell a "component" video cable that is a simple analog, RCA type cable...
As someone coding web sites for banks... I can tell you... we're aware of it, frightened of it, and starting to come to grips with it and plan for the nastiness.
Problem is, banks tend to move pretty slow and not understand problems like these, so we'll see if they give us the sign off to update their software before it messes with any users...
You forgot to mention that the laptop had special technology to hop onto the alien computer network wirelessly. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to bring down their shields. It seemed pretty amazing at the time, but now we all know it as "AirPort"
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Actually, it hasn't been kicked off of the SF Peninsula... http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/map.htm Quite the opposite, in fact.
Per the CA high speed rail site Sacramento to San Diego would take 3 hours 35 mins and cost $68.
http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/map.htm
Granted, you may not trust those numbers, but still, I'd say that's comparable. Plus, you don't have to deal with the cattle-car rush that is the boarding on a Southwest flight. I'd take the train in this case... similar price, reasonable speed and none of the hell that comes along with modern air travel...
And, this will be a train from San Diego to LA as well...
Indeed - "superstar" is recruiter speak. Whenever I get a recruiter calling saying he/she has a real "superstar" or "rockstar" for me, I know immediately to blow the person off, because these words usually mean the recruiter has no idea what the hell they are talking about.
That becomes important when you are building branded sites - say you want to build a site for a supermarket chain, that shows branch locations and allows the user to get driving directions. You wouldn't want the driving directions to show ads for a competing supermarket chain. This is where MapQuest comes in. Other than this case though, I'm not sure why you would use it...
I like the new design... this way, it is stackable... I can see pulling together a media center that consists of a Mac Mini, Apple TV and one of these new base stations, and they all stack together!
Argh... if you watch the video, you'll hear that the land was already zoned for commercial use. It isn't like they bought land that was going to be used for housing and are going to convert it. They're going to be building on land that is already used for commercial purposes.
Aah, but see here's a difference for Mac users. Most of us never turn our computers off, we just put them to sleep...
So, the real question is... what happens when the computer is asleep?? Does it still work?
Best reaction I've seen on this so far:
Oh...my...God. Bush thinks South Park is NOVA.
Very simple - web based applications that require 1) Easy to maintain browser independence, 2) the gathering, collection and manipulation of large amounts of data, 3) highly interactive user interfaces
Hmm... who builds applications like that? Maybe SAP? Or, maybe you want a more complete list?
There is a significant need for web based applications that provide a rich interface for users to manipulate data. Eventually, nearly all applications that gather/manipulate data will be delivered over the web. Some version of this can be built with HTML (and the related buzzwords, like AJAX), but technologies like Flash/Flex do it better. It provides a better user experience, more control for the developer and most of all, a toolbox that was specifically designed for application development.
You're missing the point. Of course you will still have to do server side validation (at least, you should). The advantage here is that you provide a better user experience. The user can click the "Submit" button (or whatever) and instantly know if the entered data is valid. Sure, you can fake your way around it, but it isn't designed to prevent script kiddies from doing their stuff, its to tell Grandpa that he mistyped when he entered his email address.
My friend working in Europe get 5 weeks! (and I think that is pretty standard, at least on the continent)
I get two weeks plus holidays...
Not that I'm bitter. I think vacation really does help with productivity. Whether we realize it or not, constant work really wears us down. Taking a real vacation (at least a week) gives one a chance to completely separate from work and really relax. I've taken two weeks this year and both times had extremely productive periods immediately after I came back. I wish companies in the US would realize the value in that!
Amen! Increased salaries are good! Increased salaries for everyone!!!!!!
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Hey boss, you reading this?
or better yet, get a copy of the speech...
As someone who was actually there to hear it - he didn't say everyone should drop out of college. Far from it - instead, he said it was exactly what HE needed at the time. He didn't do it because he was being an irresponsible dick, he did it because his tuition costs were overwhelming his parents' resources and he didn't want to do that to them.
He wasn't attempting to invalidate the degrees of the people he was speaking to - instead he was using a very personal story to explain the idea that people should go through life with confidence rather than be afraid of what can happen...
I've seen four or five commencement speeches over the last few years and in all honesty, this one was the best by far. It was heartfelt, had important things to say and alternated between being funny and quite touching. Jobs obviously put a lot of thought into the speech and really took it seriously.
Meh, not quite. The same directory did the first two films, and I think he was asked to stop because the films weren't quite living up to the source material.
The third one was a new director, and given that it was waaay better than the first two, I think they wanted to have him do the fourth BUT post-production on the third overlapped with pre-production on the fourth (maybe even filming) so it was impossible.
Simple - drug companies cannot be trusted to do this kind of research. And, to be honest - we shouldn't let them fund this kind of research. Recent reports have shown that something like 80 percent of the results reported for research funded by drug companies is favorable, while only 60 percent (I think, maybe less) is favorable for independent, government funded studies.
We do not want the drug companies tainting stem cell research with their money - too many of them will cook the books to make it appear more favorable than it really is. If stem cells do yield something, I want to know for sure that I can trust the results.
Amen, are there any pictures? Especially since the robot in the sketch appears to be shooting flames from its right hand. I wanna see those flames - there may be enslavement potential here yet!
Yeah... they made the same mistake with Stanford on the Web Pages thing.... hell, they've offered web space to their students for years, since at least 1997...
... that the good folks @ Google are prepared for their first massive *shrug* from the masses.
Clearly you haven't seen Orkut.
Good. With California (still) facing rather sizable budget deficits and having paid Diebold so much money to begin with, this seems like a good step. I'm worried about the 2004 election in our state, we don't have enough machines, volunteers or money to solve the problems. Since my taxes went toward paying for those machines in the first place, I'd be happy to see the state get some of my money back so it can put it towards the stuff it really needs.
Too bad about the criminal case though, it may not be fair, but Diebold sure seem like a bunch of crooks to me!
Dude? You have nude pictures of Natalie Portman?
What do I have to do again?
Yep - U2's last album sold a ton... there were only one or two songs on there that were any good... funny - I found myself listening to it (all of it) over and over. It was one of the few albums with lyrics that actually meant something that year and it won awards almost every time it was nominated for something.
/. but would it kill people to think before they write around here from time to time?
They're a band with an extreme social conscience, who have worked for peace in Ireland, AIDS assistance in Africa and numerous other causes.
You may not like their music but to extend that as a judgment of their character is quite a reach.
Imagine you had invested a fair amount of money and time in something. What's wrong with wanting to have the choice in how it is presented? What's wrong with wanting compensation for your efforts? Or at least the chance to have your efforts break even? Its not like they said they were going to sue the people they catch downloading it; they said they would compete with the illegal option. Yes, the money U2 makes supports their lifestyle. While they already have tons of money, of all of the groups in popular music these days, I'd say they have the greatest chance of doing something good with it.
Sheesh! I know this is
I picked up a digital output cable for my GC but I was sorely disappointed to learn that they only had a S-Video digital cable and not a component digital cable. Seemed rather silly to me...
Echoing what some other posters have said here, Nintendo didn't exactly make the cables easy to get - plus, they sell a "component" video cable that is a simple analog, RCA type cable...
Actually, IIRC, the later generation original imacs as well as the lamps both have easy access doors for upgrading the RAM.
As someone coding web sites for banks... I can tell you... we're aware of it, frightened of it, and starting to come to grips with it and plan for the nastiness.
Problem is, banks tend to move pretty slow and not understand problems like these, so we'll see if they give us the sign off to update their software before it messes with any users...
You forgot to mention that the laptop had special technology to hop onto the alien computer network wirelessly. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to bring down their shields. It seemed pretty amazing at the time, but now we all know it as "AirPort"