I never heard of "Hampster Dance" or Ellen Feiss, but am familiar with the rest - does that mean I lose my Geek Cred? What's the minimum number of fads you have to have heard of to be pop-culture aware? (at least as far as the internet goes...)
Uh...quite a bit. Well, not recently. But back when I was working on a lot of high-profile, high stress projects it was not uncommon to get emails from managers at 2:00 in the morning. I would often check my work email at least once in the evening just to help keep my head above water for the next morning. Since we were virtually expected to be working 24/7 anyway, it didn't really matter when and where I checked my office email.
The only time I was really annoyed by this was when I got a call one Saturday night while I was out to dinner at about 8:00 from a customer that I had never met, just to "kick some ideas around". It took me a good 20 minutes to politely end the conversation, but he would probably have been happy to talk for hours.
Old timer chiming in here - I was working in the days before the internet (or more correctly the world wide web and the common availability of email). You know what? We found time to goof off then too. I think there is a certain amount of time a person is likely to do actual work during the day and a certain amount of time they need to/will goof off - it's just the method of goofing off has changed. Now we surf the web and exchange emails. In the 1980s and earlier people would take coffee breaks, cigarette breaks, read magazines or newspapers, talk to their families and friends on the phone, talk to their cube neighbors, etc. People need that time during the day to decompress, and maybe even have their subconscious work on a problem for awhile after they have been intensly focused on it. Time spent not working hasnt changed - its just spent differently.
Thats what my Dad would always say when I was growing up - it's Labor day, the time of the year to drop what you are doing and get some actual work done (fixing the house, etc.)
I usually don't go to see a doctor until things are getting dire - my typical thought is "Oh, I'll feel better tomorrow or next week". Part of that is due to the state of Health Care in the US - waiting weeks or months to get a doctors apointment (yes, it happens here too not just in countries with socialized medicine - the difference being if I "Fake" being sicker on the phone I MIGHT get an earlier appointment), high copays and deductibles, high cost of Rx, etc. Sometimes seeing the doctor seems more trouble than it's worth! Of course for those times when you really need mecical treatment, you have to bite the bullet and go.
Nope, that's not really more accurate. A lease implies that when the lease turn is up, you have to return the item. She can keep her downloaded song forever. If you really want to nitpick, perhaps you could say that she purchased a license to listen to the song.
Seems like a good time to mention my favorite Futurama quote:
Prof. Farnsworth: Good Lord, that's over 150 atmospheres of pressure!
Fry: How may atmospheres can the ship withstand?
Prof. Fransworth: Well it's a spaceship. So anywhere between 0 and 1.
I have to wonder how many (non geeks) watching the show would get that...
1) I did. But, not all of the provided drivers are available. HP said I could pay $50.00 for their restore CD if I wanted too, however. I just think that should be included with the computer.
2) Not a bad idea - but it's a shame that I have to resort to something like that (not to mention those less technically inclined)
My HP Laptop became so infiltrated with spyware (in spite of running every anti-virus, anti-adware, popup blocker, firewall, etc known to man) that I finally "gave up" and reformatted the hard drive and reinstalled the OS (XP Pro SP 2). Unfortunately, in the case of HP, they don't give you a disk with all of the drivers and associated software on it, nor do they make all of the software available for free on their website, so I have a working but "hobbled" machine at the moment. At least there is no more spyware on it! It was a tense race against time to enable the firewall and install Norton anti-virus after reinstalling Windows XP before the first virus tried to get in.
As someone who has been on blood thinners (due to a blood clot in my leg) for the past two years, exessive bleeding is always danger if I get cut. Bandages like these could literally be a lifesaver. I hope they make it to civilian applications soon.
Are you actually taking the advice of a ten year old seriously? She may know something about computers but has LOT of growing up to do no matter how smart she it.
You mean like APL? Thats the first programming language I learned - and the only required computer course in my engineering program in college. Of course this was way back when. When I was 9 years old, personal computers of any sort were a long ways away. Heck, we didn't even have pocket calculators then! I do marvel at kids these days growing up with computers and wonder what that would have been like. Not that different, I supposed, from our grandparents or great grandparents wondering what it would have been like growing up with TV and automobiles.
The space shuttle was designed in the 1970s (some prelim work was even done in the 60s) as an experimental vehicle that was to retire by the 1980s. We've learned a lot from it, but it's time to put it to rest. Keep putting band aides on the thing is not the answer. Imagine if the airlines were flying Lindburgs plane or the Wright Flyer! Those vechicles time has past, and so too for the shuttle.
There is such an option - it's called managed C++ under.NET. Just use gcnew instead of new to allocate memory. OK, so I admit this isn't a universal standard, but it could be...
They are not the same. (incidentaly, I also sumbitted a story about MikeRoweSoft way back when that was rejected). MikeRoweSoft is a sound-alike name, but is not a likely typo for Microsoft. Someone looking for microsoft.com may accidentalyh type microsoftt.com, etc. but are unlikely to type the very differently spelled mikerowesoft.com
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I never heard of "Hampster Dance" or Ellen Feiss, but am familiar with the rest - does that mean I lose my Geek Cred? What's the minimum number of fads you have to have heard of to be pop-culture aware? (at least as far as the internet goes...)
I can see civilian applications for this. Imagine a low power version warming up fans at an (American) football game in Buffalo in January!
Never have I been less proud to be an American (well, maybe during the last two elections)
The only time I was really annoyed by this was when I got a call one Saturday night while I was out to dinner at about 8:00 from a customer that I had never met, just to "kick some ideas around". It took me a good 20 minutes to politely end the conversation, but he would probably have been happy to talk for hours.
Old timer chiming in here - I was working in the days before the internet (or more correctly the world wide web and the common availability of email). You know what? We found time to goof off then too. I think there is a certain amount of time a person is likely to do actual work during the day and a certain amount of time they need to/will goof off - it's just the method of goofing off has changed. Now we surf the web and exchange emails. In the 1980s and earlier people would take coffee breaks, cigarette breaks, read magazines or newspapers, talk to their families and friends on the phone, talk to their cube neighbors, etc. People need that time during the day to decompress, and maybe even have their subconscious work on a problem for awhile after they have been intensly focused on it. Time spent not working hasnt changed - its just spent differently.
Thats what my Dad would always say when I was growing up - it's Labor day, the time of the year to drop what you are doing and get some actual work done (fixing the house, etc.)
One of the big selling points for me when I bought my iBook was the small form factor with the 12" screen.
Chief O'Brian?
Yep. We can search for all of those missing probes that crashed there!
No Bluetooth. Less space than a Nomad. Lame.
I usually don't go to see a doctor until things are getting dire - my typical thought is "Oh, I'll feel better tomorrow or next week". Part of that is due to the state of Health Care in the US - waiting weeks or months to get a doctors apointment (yes, it happens here too not just in countries with socialized medicine - the difference being if I "Fake" being sicker on the phone I MIGHT get an earlier appointment), high copays and deductibles, high cost of Rx, etc. Sometimes seeing the doctor seems more trouble than it's worth! Of course for those times when you really need mecical treatment, you have to bite the bullet and go.
Nope, that's not really more accurate. A lease implies that when the lease turn is up, you have to return the item. She can keep her downloaded song forever. If you really want to nitpick, perhaps you could say that she purchased a license to listen to the song.
Prof. Farnsworth: Good Lord, that's over 150 atmospheres of pressure!
Fry: How may atmospheres can the ship withstand?
Prof. Fransworth: Well it's a spaceship. So anywhere between 0 and 1.
I have to wonder how many (non geeks) watching the show would get that...
Hmmm. And now much revenue did YOU earn over the past 3 years? I think thats phenomenal for a player of Apples size.
2) Not a bad idea - but it's a shame that I have to resort to something like that (not to mention those less technically inclined)
My HP Laptop became so infiltrated with spyware (in spite of running every anti-virus, anti-adware, popup blocker, firewall, etc known to man) that I finally "gave up" and reformatted the hard drive and reinstalled the OS (XP Pro SP 2). Unfortunately, in the case of HP, they don't give you a disk with all of the drivers and associated software on it, nor do they make all of the software available for free on their website, so I have a working but "hobbled" machine at the moment. At least there is no more spyware on it! It was a tense race against time to enable the firewall and install Norton anti-virus after reinstalling Windows XP before the first virus tried to get in.
As someone who has been on blood thinners (due to a blood clot in my leg) for the past two years, exessive bleeding is always danger if I get cut. Bandages like these could literally be a lifesaver. I hope they make it to civilian applications soon.
Are you actually taking the advice of a ten year old seriously? She may know something about computers but has LOT of growing up to do no matter how smart she it.
You mean like APL? Thats the first programming language I learned - and the only required computer course in my engineering program in college. Of course this was way back when. When I was 9 years old, personal computers of any sort were a long ways away. Heck, we didn't even have pocket calculators then! I do marvel at kids these days growing up with computers and wonder what that would have been like. Not that different, I supposed, from our grandparents or great grandparents wondering what it would have been like growing up with TV and automobiles.
Umm - in case you havent noticed, C# and VB are now almost exactly the same thing.
Yup. After all, the original Star Trek was moved to Friday nights in the 60s.
yes, but the point is - you didn't, and she did. That's why it's news.
The space shuttle was designed in the 1970s (some prelim work was even done in the 60s) as an experimental vehicle that was to retire by the 1980s. We've learned a lot from it, but it's time to put it to rest. Keep putting band aides on the thing is not the answer. Imagine if the airlines were flying Lindburgs plane or the Wright Flyer! Those vechicles time has past, and so too for the shuttle.
There is such an option - it's called managed C++ under .NET. Just use gcnew instead of new to allocate memory. OK, so I admit this isn't a universal standard, but it could be...
They are not the same. (incidentaly, I also sumbitted a story about MikeRoweSoft way back when that was rejected). MikeRoweSoft is a sound-alike name, but is not a likely typo for Microsoft. Someone looking for microsoft.com may accidentalyh type microsoftt.com, etc. but are unlikely to type the very differently spelled mikerowesoft.com