Same story, different year. People were also concerned about the newfangled walkmans in the early 1980s. No what? We're all doing fine. Like any kind of music (or sound for that matter), if you listen to it loud enough of course it will cause hearing damage but at a reasonable volume there is nothing to worry about.
Hmm, thanks! Actually a recent article in the New York Times implied that "Like a Rolling Stone" may have been taken from Rollingstone, MN off of the legendary Highway 61 near Dylan's hometown.
I've often wondered about that over the years myself. Seriously, is that his real name? Or did he change it for "Show Business"? Or was the Dvorak keyboard named after him?
--Which came first - Rolling Stone Magazine, The Rolling Stones, or the song "Like a Rolling Stone". No one seems to know.
I think the requirements of word processor users HAVE changed over the last 5 years. Your WYSIWYG comment brings something to mind - how many people still use word processors to print documents? Personaly, I use Word almost every day, but almost never print documents with it - either I'm reading a word doc on my PC or creating one and emailing it to someone else. Heck, even my business school professors would rather me email them homework rather than print it out and "manually" turn it in.
Exactly. If they had not surrendered, we would have used the bomb on then in a pre-emptive nuclear strike assuming they (Germany) were close to developing the bomb. Germany was the original reason the bomb was developed, not Japan. But since Germany surrendered, there was no need to use it on them. The point being, I guess, is that at that time in American History a pre-emptive (As in we will nuke you before you nuke us) WMD strategy was considered a viable option.
In a way, it was a preemptive nuclear strike, i.e. we were the first ones to drop the bomb. Of course, we were the only ones who HAD the bomb, although we were convinced that Germany was close.
Don't get me wrong - the whole situation is a tragedy. But, "Don't live there" may in fact be the best long term answer. Perhpas half the state SHOULD not be habitated - think of the ongoing cost to continue to "hold back" nature. As for the disapearing Cajun culture, the Jews managed to perserve their culture for thousands of years without being in their homeland, and I think the Cajun culture will continue on likewise.
naw - you are thinking of that Simpsons episode where Bart and company rented a car to drive to the Worlds Fair in Knoxville. "Cruise control my good man! Martin, glad to see you. Nelson, always a pleasure"
What you say makes absolute sense, and I completely agree. However, most employers don't see it that way. Even in the PC-world, the attitude is more often "you know VB 6 and C#.NET? Sorry we need someine with VB.NET" Or "You know Crystal Reports 7 and 8 but not 6? Sorry, we need someone with 6 experience"
I agree - as a Mechanical Engineering major, the only programming language I had to learn in college was APL (IBM gave a lot of money to my school). Heck, we didn't even get to use Loops let alone OOP. But that doesn't mean in the ensuing years I didn't learn FORTRAN, C,C++,C#,Pascal, Java, etc. as needed.
I've dealt with both kinds of IT Managers - those with a strong technical background, and those who were "clueless" about technology. As long as they aren't clueless about everything else (managment, the business, etc.) I actually have prefered the latter. Techie managers tend to micromanage and stick there hands in the developers code, not always to the best effect. A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. On the other hand, a smart manager who does his or her job and knows how to delegate technical decisions to the experts can be a great person to work for.
Umm - for the sake of argument (and I'm not one who takes the bible literally, like some do) you mean you didn't get past the first sentence without proving me RIGHT. It says God created the heavens and Earth, not heavens, Some other planet that was to hold life, and Earth. The implication is that Earth is "special" and the heavens are something very different.
I'll name three - Christianity, Judiasm, and Islam. They are all fundamentlaly based on the fact that God created the Earth - not multiple earths, or even multiple worlds containing life.
Are you kidding me? The discovery of life -even a microbe - that originated outside of the Earth has tremendous philosophical and religous implications, not to mention scientific ones. It proves we are not "alone" in the Universe, that life is not unique to out planet. I can't think of a potential discovery more far reaching and important.
Guess I'm the 0.1%. I use Gmail for the storage, not the interface. Personally, I think the web search-engine type interface is horrible for email. Call me crazy, but I like my Outlook and Entourage folders. I do like the 2GB+ storage capacity, though, and the ability to access my account from anywhere, so I auto-forward all of my regular email to Gmail and also use it for archiving files, etc.
Since "Mobile" is the European word for "Cell Phone" (I know, this is now a misnomer - but it's still what people call their portable phones) and it is currently a US service.
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yep, as a well-known cat hater amongst my peers, I received the book for a birthday present in 1982.
Thats funny, I was told the same thing about APL 25 years ago.
Same story, different year. People were also concerned about the newfangled walkmans in the early 1980s. No what? We're all doing fine. Like any kind of music (or sound for that matter), if you listen to it loud enough of course it will cause hearing damage but at a reasonable volume there is nothing to worry about.
Hmm, thanks! Actually a recent article in the New York Times implied that "Like a Rolling Stone" may have been taken from Rollingstone, MN off of the legendary Highway 61 near Dylan's hometown.
--Which came first - Rolling Stone Magazine, The Rolling Stones, or the song "Like a Rolling Stone". No one seems to know.
I think the requirements of word processor users HAVE changed over the last 5 years. Your WYSIWYG comment brings something to mind - how many people still use word processors to print documents? Personaly, I use Word almost every day, but almost never print documents with it - either I'm reading a word doc on my PC or creating one and emailing it to someone else. Heck, even my business school professors would rather me email them homework rather than print it out and "manually" turn it in.
Exactly. If they had not surrendered, we would have used the bomb on then in a pre-emptive nuclear strike assuming they (Germany) were close to developing the bomb. Germany was the original reason the bomb was developed, not Japan. But since Germany surrendered, there was no need to use it on them. The point being, I guess, is that at that time in American History a pre-emptive (As in we will nuke you before you nuke us) WMD strategy was considered a viable option.
In a way, it was a preemptive nuclear strike, i.e. we were the first ones to drop the bomb. Of course, we were the only ones who HAD the bomb, although we were convinced that Germany was close.
ummm, they have. Remember a little conflict called WWII?
Even if the land (or sea) was free, the cost in materials alone would far exceed 200k
All I want is the "bug free edition". Maybe the edition that is also "popup free" "virus free" and "adware free"
How is that possible? You can't even buy a one bedroom condo for that in a major city! Must be a misprint, or due to government subsidy.
LOL mod parent up as funny!
No bluetooth. Less storage than a Nomad. Lame.
Don't get me wrong - the whole situation is a tragedy. But, "Don't live there" may in fact be the best long term answer. Perhpas half the state SHOULD not be habitated - think of the ongoing cost to continue to "hold back" nature. As for the disapearing Cajun culture, the Jews managed to perserve their culture for thousands of years without being in their homeland, and I think the Cajun culture will continue on likewise.
naw - you are thinking of that Simpsons episode where Bart and company rented a car to drive to the Worlds Fair in Knoxville. "Cruise control my good man! Martin, glad to see you. Nelson, always a pleasure"
What you say makes absolute sense, and I completely agree. However, most employers don't see it that way. Even in the PC-world, the attitude is more often "you know VB 6 and C#.NET? Sorry we need someine with VB.NET" Or "You know Crystal Reports 7 and 8 but not 6? Sorry, we need someone with 6 experience"
I agree - as a Mechanical Engineering major, the only programming language I had to learn in college was APL (IBM gave a lot of money to my school). Heck, we didn't even get to use Loops let alone OOP. But that doesn't mean in the ensuing years I didn't learn FORTRAN, C,C++,C#,Pascal, Java, etc. as needed.
I've dealt with both kinds of IT Managers - those with a strong technical background, and those who were "clueless" about technology. As long as they aren't clueless about everything else (managment, the business, etc.) I actually have prefered the latter. Techie managers tend to micromanage and stick there hands in the developers code, not always to the best effect. A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. On the other hand, a smart manager who does his or her job and knows how to delegate technical decisions to the experts can be a great person to work for.
Umm - for the sake of argument (and I'm not one who takes the bible literally, like some do) you mean you didn't get past the first sentence without proving me RIGHT. It says God created the heavens and Earth, not heavens, Some other planet that was to hold life, and Earth. The implication is that Earth is "special" and the heavens are something very different.
I'll name three - Christianity, Judiasm, and Islam. They are all fundamentlaly based on the fact that God created the Earth - not multiple earths, or even multiple worlds containing life.
Are you kidding me? The discovery of life -even a microbe - that originated outside of the Earth has tremendous philosophical and religous implications, not to mention scientific ones. It proves we are not "alone" in the Universe, that life is not unique to out planet. I can't think of a potential discovery more far reaching and important.
Guess I'm the 0.1%. I use Gmail for the storage, not the interface. Personally, I think the web search-engine type interface is horrible for email. Call me crazy, but I like my Outlook and Entourage folders. I do like the 2GB+ storage capacity, though, and the ability to access my account from anywhere, so I auto-forward all of my regular email to Gmail and also use it for archiving files, etc.
Since "Mobile" is the European word for "Cell Phone" (I know, this is now a misnomer - but it's still what people call their portable phones) and it is currently a US service.
Thanks for the informative post - someone should have modded it up!