The work Microsoft interns do is along the same lines as what a standard developer does, aside from the fact that they have to ramp-up on the product and finish their project all within 12 weeks. What I'm trying to say is that while an intern obviously can't do as much as a normal FTE could in the same time period, as they have to learn along the way, they still do very real work. Interns certainly aren't coffee grabbers or paper filers, unless, of course, they're grabbing coffee for themselves.
The idea behind the program is that an intern is a potential new full-time hire, but because they're not ready to work full time (as in, they still have a year or two of college to complete), then Microsoft tests the water with us. They get a fair amount of work out of their interns, and the interns ramp up on a product at a rate that's ~80% of what they'd pay an FTE. If interns choose to return, then theoreticially, they've completed their ramp-up work already and hit the ground running.
Disclaimer: I was a Microsoft intern this past summer.
Let's take a hypothetical situation. You live in a communist country (China), and are trying to do some research on a paper for your studies. You need to pull up some information on a completely legitimate topic (as per China's regulations). What would you use to find this information? Would you, as a Chinese person, whine and moan and boycott Google because they were censoring your results? Would you refuse to use them, because you know full well that if they didn't censor their results, there'd be no Google for you at all?
I'm not trying to say Google is justified here. But, at some point you have to draw the line. China is who you should be griping at, not Google. Google is still trying to help the people of China, they just aren't legally allowed to help them as much as they can help people in other countries.
So, I'll ask again. Isn't some of Google better than none?
VAT? VAT is included in advertised European prices, wheras sales taxes are not included in advertised American prices. I'm not saying it's entirely that, it's just that the American price isn't what we'll be paying, whereas the European price is what you're likely to pay. Besides, this is still speculation for non-Japanese prices, so don't worry just yet.
Yes there is, Microsoft is stopping them. If Sony wants their media player program to run on unmodified XBoxes, they have to license it through Microsoft, who then signs the binaries so the XBoxes won't complain. Microsoft may or may not have a problem with Sony releasing a media player program for the XBox, but to say that there's nothing stopping them is just wrong. If that was true, modchips wouldn't be necessary, and you wouldn't need a modchip to run linux on one.
Mono isn't produced by Microsoft, so it's unfair to compare Mono to Sun's JRE. Yes, Sun requires you to fetch the install file yourself (at least with Gentoo's Portage). But Mono is a GPL thing run by people not affiliated with Microsoft.
You can't compare the two. Try comparing Mono and Blackdown instead.
What do you want Apple to do? PC enthusiasts have laughed for years at the idea of a one button mouse, and now that they've released a multi-button mouse, people are still laughing. Apple is trying to move into the x86 market. They've made a mouse that can use more than one button, to please the market a bit.
When you criticized them for having a one-button mouse, what did you expect them to do, if you're still criticizing them for releasing a multi-button mouse???
Let's be serious here. That article is dated March 29th, 2005. Those fast-charging batteries were only drawings on a whiteboard, or internal prototypes when 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation iPods were around. That is brand new technology.
Reading the article even closer, the subject reveals they're still prepping the new battery, and that it's going to market some time next year. Yes, I'm sure that future devices will use Toshiba's new battery, but to say "Gosh! What was Apple thinking!?!?" is just plain silly. Did you happen to not read the article, or subject of the article?
$60 a year? When normal domains cost can be bought for $6 a year? And this is voluntary? Only the big name porno sites will make the move, if even, and I can't imagine they're going to give up their.COM address any time soon either. But for the sites that pop up over night, and are run by people just out to get a quick buck, this will do NOTHING.
Honestly. Why spend $60 and put yourself in a separate range, when you can pay $6? $60 is nothing for a large subscription site, but for some small site, I don't see anything happening any time soon.
And if this new.XXX domain is helping to keep our little darlings from seeing porn, won't grouping it all together make it that much easier to find? Just use a filter on google to only search the.XXX range.
You can't RMA the bits. The summary says he wants to wipe all data off drives so he can RMA them and not worry the manufacturer will be able to see anything.
One of the reasons Vivendi is allowing Valve (or not been able to stop them, or whatever) to distribute Half Life 2 over Steam, is because Valve has agreed to keep the price the same as the retail price.
Vivendi is a humongous company. They handle all the grunt work of packaging it, promoting it (in-store posters, etc), and getting it to the stores. Steam worries Vivendi, because it completely eliminates them (and any publisher) from the picture, because with Steam, publishers don't exist. If people had an incentive to buy Half Life 2 through Steam, as opposed to at retail, Vivendi would be pissed.
Valve would love to lower the Steam price, but there's a contract in place saying they can't. All the HL2 fan sites covered the lawsuit between Valve and Vivendi about HL2 publishing rights and Steam a few months before HL2 hit stores. There's a lot more to the pricing scheme than you realize.
Not to point out the obvious, but in reality, I think avoiding pain at all costs would involve avoiding this shocking game at all costs. I know I'd rather not play this game, than play and get shocked.
I think that's exactly what grandparent was trying to get at. He was suggesting Sony use an open format, instead of some closed format only Sony knows about (ATRAC, anybody?).
This makes it easier on Sony, because more programs will be able to utilize the files, and users will be happy that their files are more easily moved around. Yes, the files will probably be crippled with DRM, but at least multiple DRM-supporting programs will be able to use it, instead of just Sony's program.
Apple limits it to iTunes, because they make it. They developed it, and thus they get to choose how its used. If Apple doesn't want other programs but their own to be able to access it, then don't buy it. Wait for some other company to release an AirTunes-equivalent adapter. But Apple doesn't want people to be able to use their devices without using their methods. Yes, there will be 3rd party hacks, and there's not much Apple can do about it.
But if someone buys an AirTunes adapter, they buy something that is limited to work with Apple software. So don't act like it's your right to use it however you want.
Let's use the coral cache, since the server already seems to be working hard enough. Loads really fast...
I'm surprised slashdot doesn't run all the links in articles through coral servers.
Just one of the articles is from 2003, and that's the one from the Register detailing the past delays. The first article linked to in the summary was posted to CNet on the 7th (yesterday), and the recent CNet post is what everyone on here is talking about.
What's wrong with Jabber, AIM, MSN, or any other chat medium? Sure they might not have encryption (unless the Jabber server has SSL enabled), but then again, I'm sure there's some rule that says that the soldiers shouldn't be sharing secrets or mission critical information with anyone but themselves...
...right? So why the need for encryption to keep the "I hope I'll be home soon, how's the family?" messages private? Unless I'm missing something...
UT2004 and HL2 don't need CD checks. I have the DVD edition of UT2004, and it's never asked for the disc, except to install it (heh). And Valve just updated HL2 so that you don't need to do a CD check since it was giving so many people trouble, and it was stupid in the first place.
Apple hasn't updated the firmware download for 3G or earlier iPods. The only iPods that have been updated are the 4G iPods (click wheel), iPod Mini, and the Photo iPod.
And I don't like the idea that I might someday be unable to play it because Valve isn't in business anymore, or just decides that they don't want me to for whatever reason.
The program only requires authentication to activate. After that, Steam can run in offline mode and you can play it at LANs, wherever. This only requires an internet connection to unlock the encrypted files.
It's exactly how Windows's activation works. It needs activating at the start, but it doesn't need to call home every startup there after.
Look up this sort of thing before you go and flame Valve. And why is it Valve's fault that the store sold you the game before they should have?
Didn't mean to double post, but that's what I get for not RTFA-ing. After reading the article, I think that the EFF is just overstating things a bit, trying to make a point that this is what the court ruling *could* mean.
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The work Microsoft interns do is along the same lines as what a standard developer does, aside from the fact that they have to ramp-up on the product and finish their project all within 12 weeks. What I'm trying to say is that while an intern obviously can't do as much as a normal FTE could in the same time period, as they have to learn along the way, they still do very real work. Interns certainly aren't coffee grabbers or paper filers, unless, of course, they're grabbing coffee for themselves.
The idea behind the program is that an intern is a potential new full-time hire, but because they're not ready to work full time (as in, they still have a year or two of college to complete), then Microsoft tests the water with us. They get a fair amount of work out of their interns, and the interns ramp up on a product at a rate that's ~80% of what they'd pay an FTE. If interns choose to return, then theoreticially, they've completed their ramp-up work already and hit the ground running.
Disclaimer: I was a Microsoft intern this past summer.
We should all ask for a bailout!
Nevermind that, look at the title of the article!
Doomsday Clock Will Move Closer to Midnight
Let's take a hypothetical situation. You live in a communist country (China), and are trying to do some research on a paper for your studies. You need to pull up some information on a completely legitimate topic (as per China's regulations). What would you use to find this information? Would you, as a Chinese person, whine and moan and boycott Google because they were censoring your results? Would you refuse to use them, because you know full well that if they didn't censor their results, there'd be no Google for you at all?
I'm not trying to say Google is justified here. But, at some point you have to draw the line. China is who you should be griping at, not Google. Google is still trying to help the people of China, they just aren't legally allowed to help them as much as they can help people in other countries.
So, I'll ask again. Isn't some of Google better than none?
VAT? VAT is included in advertised European prices, wheras sales taxes are not included in advertised American prices. I'm not saying it's entirely that, it's just that the American price isn't what we'll be paying, whereas the European price is what you're likely to pay. Besides, this is still speculation for non-Japanese prices, so don't worry just yet.
Yes there is, Microsoft is stopping them. If Sony wants their media player program to run on unmodified XBoxes, they have to license it through Microsoft, who then signs the binaries so the XBoxes won't complain. Microsoft may or may not have a problem with Sony releasing a media player program for the XBox, but to say that there's nothing stopping them is just wrong. If that was true, modchips wouldn't be necessary, and you wouldn't need a modchip to run linux on one.
Mono isn't produced by Microsoft, so it's unfair to compare Mono to Sun's JRE. Yes, Sun requires you to fetch the install file yourself (at least with Gentoo's Portage). But Mono is a GPL thing run by people not affiliated with Microsoft.
You can't compare the two. Try comparing Mono and Blackdown instead.
What do you want Apple to do? PC enthusiasts have laughed for years at the idea of a one button mouse, and now that they've released a multi-button mouse, people are still laughing. Apple is trying to move into the x86 market. They've made a mouse that can use more than one button, to please the market a bit.
When you criticized them for having a one-button mouse, what did you expect them to do, if you're still criticizing them for releasing a multi-button mouse???
The survey doesn't look like it takes DIY-computers into consideration. You can't build laptops like you can a desktop.
Just a thought I had.
Let's be serious here. That article is dated March 29th, 2005. Those fast-charging batteries were only drawings on a whiteboard, or internal prototypes when 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation iPods were around. That is brand new technology.
Reading the article even closer, the subject reveals they're still prepping the new battery, and that it's going to market some time next year. Yes, I'm sure that future devices will use Toshiba's new battery, but to say "Gosh! What was Apple thinking!?!?" is just plain silly. Did you happen to not read the article, or subject of the article?
$60 a year? When normal domains cost can be bought for $6 a year? And this is voluntary? Only the big name porno sites will make the move, if even, and I can't imagine they're going to give up their .COM address any time soon either. But for the sites that pop up over night, and are run by people just out to get a quick buck, this will do NOTHING.
.XXX domain is helping to keep our little darlings from seeing porn, won't grouping it all together make it that much easier to find? Just use a filter on google to only search the .XXX range.
Honestly. Why spend $60 and put yourself in a separate range, when you can pay $6? $60 is nothing for a large subscription site, but for some small site, I don't see anything happening any time soon.
And if this new
Yeesh. And it's all voluntary...what a crock.
You can't RMA the bits. The summary says he wants to wipe all data off drives so he can RMA them and not worry the manufacturer will be able to see anything.
One of the reasons Vivendi is allowing Valve (or not been able to stop them, or whatever) to distribute Half Life 2 over Steam, is because Valve has agreed to keep the price the same as the retail price.
Vivendi is a humongous company. They handle all the grunt work of packaging it, promoting it (in-store posters, etc), and getting it to the stores. Steam worries Vivendi, because it completely eliminates them (and any publisher) from the picture, because with Steam, publishers don't exist. If people had an incentive to buy Half Life 2 through Steam, as opposed to at retail, Vivendi would be pissed.
Valve would love to lower the Steam price, but there's a contract in place saying they can't. All the HL2 fan sites covered the lawsuit between Valve and Vivendi about HL2 publishing rights and Steam a few months before HL2 hit stores. There's a lot more to the pricing scheme than you realize.
Not to point out the obvious, but in reality, I think avoiding pain at all costs would involve avoiding this shocking game at all costs. I know I'd rather not play this game, than play and get shocked.
I hope this revelation isn't too shocking...heh.
I think that's exactly what grandparent was trying to get at. He was suggesting Sony use an open format, instead of some closed format only Sony knows about (ATRAC, anybody?).
This makes it easier on Sony, because more programs will be able to utilize the files, and users will be happy that their files are more easily moved around. Yes, the files will probably be crippled with DRM, but at least multiple DRM-supporting programs will be able to use it, instead of just Sony's program.
Apple limits it to iTunes, because they make it. They developed it, and thus they get to choose how its used. If Apple doesn't want other programs but their own to be able to access it, then don't buy it. Wait for some other company to release an AirTunes-equivalent adapter. But Apple doesn't want people to be able to use their devices without using their methods. Yes, there will be 3rd party hacks, and there's not much Apple can do about it.
But if someone buys an AirTunes adapter, they buy something that is limited to work with Apple software. So don't act like it's your right to use it however you want.
Let's use the coral cache, since the server already seems to be working hard enough. Loads really fast... I'm surprised slashdot doesn't run all the links in articles through coral servers.
Just one of the articles is from 2003, and that's the one from the Register detailing the past delays. The first article linked to in the summary was posted to CNet on the 7th (yesterday), and the recent CNet post is what everyone on here is talking about.
What's wrong with Jabber, AIM, MSN, or any other chat medium? Sure they might not have encryption (unless the Jabber server has SSL enabled), but then again, I'm sure there's some rule that says that the soldiers shouldn't be sharing secrets or mission critical information with anyone but themselves...
...right? So why the need for encryption to keep the "I hope I'll be home soon, how's the family?" messages private? Unless I'm missing something...
UT2004 and HL2 don't need CD checks. I have the DVD edition of UT2004, and it's never asked for the disc, except to install it (heh). And Valve just updated HL2 so that you don't need to do a CD check since it was giving so many people trouble, and it was stupid in the first place.
Apple hasn't updated the firmware download for 3G or earlier iPods. The only iPods that have been updated are the 4G iPods (click wheel), iPod Mini, and the Photo iPod.
The site is already down. Using the NYUD cache of it shows a message that the site is down...MirrorDot has it though.
It's exactly how Windows's activation works. It needs activating at the start, but it doesn't need to call home every startup there after.
Look up this sort of thing before you go and flame Valve. And why is it Valve's fault that the store sold you the game before they should have?
It's that whole "because we can" thing. Someone has an old computer, and figured it'd be pretty funny to let OS X run on their ancient system.
Pretty pointless, I agree. But still sorta interesting...or at the least, funny that someone actually cares enough to invest the time in this.
Didn't mean to double post, but that's what I get for not RTFA-ing. After reading the article, I think that the EFF is just overstating things a bit, trying to make a point that this is what the court ruling *could* mean.
I'll read the article first next time, I promise!