This whole thing is ridiculous. Some IM systems (MS Messenger comes to mind) automagically save all of your chats, whether you specify it or not. In fact, prolly most users don't even realize that they are being saved. Are all users of that software to be immediately jailed?
The worst are those walkie -talkie phones where that continually beep, and force you to shout into them. Who came up with that idea? How is that better than talking on a normal phone, with or without a hands-free set? Unless you are working on a construction site, therer is no need for it.
I actually considered that option (and will prolly go that route eventually). As we've often joked here, putting a "for sale" sign on the computers is an even more sure-fire way of ensuring that someone takes them!
A good idea in some cases, but I have a basement full of old computers dating back to 1990 or so that Goodwill won't touch, because they are too old. Even Goodwill has minimum standards for computing power! Ebay is not really a solution either, since the 10 bucks I'll get (if I'm lucky) won't even cover the cost of listing the computer with a photo or two. I'm concerned about the evironmental impact of throwing them out (never mind the fact that the gargagemen probably won't even take them) so they continue to sit and gather dust.
Maybe working in India isn't all its cracked up to be after all - according to their web site, to work in customer care for Daksh, you have to be between 21-25, and to be a team lead you have to be between 23-27 years old. No age discrimination protection! What happens if you are a customer rep and turn 26? (prolly a moot point, since most of those folks quit after a short tenure). Do they fire you?
True, but not exactly surprising. Thats kind of like saying no one has ever died falling off a building, just when they hit the ground. Unless you are struck by a meteor or something, just sitting there in space is realtively not hard. (Of course, there was a close call on Apollo 13) Taking off and landing is the hard part.
I wonder what the numbers really are. Personally, I am not affected (but may be one day before too long) but I have a friend who is being sent Silicon Valley East (Bangalore) to train his replacement in September. He doesn't want to train them to do the job badly, because he doesn't want to hurt his long standing customers. Noble, but perhaps somewhat misguided.
Huh? I can't decide if this comment is a troll or should be modded +5 funny. Lucas spend more thought on dialogue and less on special effects? Hah! Never!
Hmmm - either the "Legend" has spread from Pittsburgh to Atlanta (or vice-versa), or for some bizzare reason thats a common way for African-Americans to name their kids.
A friend of my sister had twins and (no joke) named them Orangello and Lemongello (Orange jello and Lemon jello, get it?). They are of school age now, and their names are practially urban legends, but as far as I've heard havent had any problems because of their names.
Was's 7 the name of a character on "Married...With Children in the later years"? I think George on "Seinfeld" also wanted to name any future offspring "7". I don't think the characters or the writers of the show had computer-hacker speak in mind, tho.
Anyone remember Lotus Symphony? That made EVERYTHING a spreadsheet - terminal emulator, word processor, database. It was damn handy, too, for a non-GUI app. I could dial in to a mainframe, view a bunch of data, and with a single keystroke have it available locally in my spreadsheet to do math on it. OK, thats not that exciting today but it was 20 years ago or so. Point is, spreadsheets make a great jack-of-all trades, swiss army knife kind of app, even though there are better, specialized apps for individual uses.
It may or may not be more environmentally friendly to let the SUV drive around vs. burning it, but thats a moot point - the people that did this were trying to make a statement and garner support/attention for their cause, not actually help the environment by that single act. Disclaimer - I don't agree with their methods.
Interesting - so what you are saying is TV is analogous to DOS, and all the successive version of Windows have just been hacked on to the original crude standard.
It was the ridiculous 3D thing that I found amusing. I think the implication to the lay person was that wizzing 3D file systems was what "Unix" was, not that there was a command prompt under there somewhere.
"We don't have a lot of time on this earth! We weren't meant to spend it this way. Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day... filling out useless forms... and listening to eight different bosses drone on about mission statements."
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This whole thing is ridiculous. Some IM systems (MS Messenger comes to mind) automagically save all of your chats, whether you specify it or not. In fact, prolly most users don't even realize that they are being saved. Are all users of that software to be immediately jailed?
The worst are those walkie -talkie phones where that continually beep, and force you to shout into them. Who came up with that idea? How is that better than talking on a normal phone, with or without a hands-free set? Unless you are working on a construction site, therer is no need for it.
Not around here - they only take Pentium class and higher
I actually considered that option (and will prolly go that route eventually). As we've often joked here, putting a "for sale" sign on the computers is an even more sure-fire way of ensuring that someone takes them!
A good idea in some cases, but I have a basement full of old computers dating back to 1990 or so that Goodwill won't touch, because they are too old. Even Goodwill has minimum standards for computing power! Ebay is not really a solution either, since the 10 bucks I'll get (if I'm lucky) won't even cover the cost of listing the computer with a photo or two. I'm concerned about the evironmental impact of throwing them out (never mind the fact that the gargagemen probably won't even take them) so they continue to sit and gather dust.
Bart (paraphrased) : "Mp3s my butt! When I was a kid all we had were CDs, and that was plenty good enough"
Will someone PLEASE mod this trash down into oblivion?
Maybe working in India isn't all its cracked up to be after all - according to their web site, to work in customer care for Daksh, you have to be between 21-25, and to be a team lead you have to be between 23-27 years old. No age discrimination protection! What happens if you are a customer rep and turn 26? (prolly a moot point, since most of those folks quit after a short tenure). Do they fire you?
True, but not exactly surprising. Thats kind of like saying no one has ever died falling off a building, just when they hit the ground. Unless you are struck by a meteor or something, just sitting there in space is realtively not hard. (Of course, there was a close call on Apollo 13) Taking off and landing is the hard part.
This Wally doesn't happen to work for the government, does he?
I wonder what the numbers really are. Personally, I am not affected (but may be one day before too long) but I have a friend who is being sent Silicon Valley East (Bangalore) to train his replacement in September. He doesn't want to train them to do the job badly, because he doesn't want to hurt his long standing customers. Noble, but perhaps somewhat misguided.
Huh? I can't decide if this comment is a troll or should be modded +5 funny. Lucas spend more thought on dialogue and less on special effects? Hah! Never!
There hasn't been an episode with Lunch Lady Doris since 1996??? That can't be right! Or did the find someone else to do the voice?
So, the needs of the many outway the needs of the few, or the one. Hmmm where have I heard that before? :-)
Hmmm - either the "Legend" has spread from Pittsburgh to Atlanta (or vice-versa), or for some bizzare reason thats a common way for African-Americans to name their kids.
A friend of my sister had twins and (no joke) named them Orangello and Lemongello (Orange jello and Lemon jello, get it?). They are of school age now, and their names are practially urban legends, but as far as I've heard havent had any problems because of their names.
Yes, good choices for names all, but please please PLEASE no more Maddisons or Brittneys - the Jennifers and Michaels of the new millenium.
Was's 7 the name of a character on "Married...With Children in the later years"? I think George on "Seinfeld" also wanted to name any future offspring "7". I don't think the characters or the writers of the show had computer-hacker speak in mind, tho.
Anyone remember Lotus Symphony? That made EVERYTHING a spreadsheet - terminal emulator, word processor, database. It was damn handy, too, for a non-GUI app. I could dial in to a mainframe, view a bunch of data, and with a single keystroke have it available locally in my spreadsheet to do math on it. OK, thats not that exciting today but it was 20 years ago or so. Point is, spreadsheets make a great jack-of-all trades, swiss army knife kind of app, even though there are better, specialized apps for individual uses.
It may or may not be more environmentally friendly to let the SUV drive around vs. burning it, but thats a moot point - the people that did this were trying to make a statement and garner support/attention for their cause, not actually help the environment by that single act. Disclaimer - I don't agree with their methods.
Interesting - so what you are saying is TV is analogous to DOS, and all the successive version of Windows have just been hacked on to the original crude standard.
It was the ridiculous 3D thing that I found amusing. I think the implication to the lay person was that wizzing 3D file systems was what "Unix" was, not that there was a command prompt under there somewhere.
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signifying that the site has already been slashdotted.
It may have sucked, but did have one big advantage - it could read regular old DOS 3.5 inch floppys (unlike the mac out of the box) AND had a GUI.
"We don't have a lot of time on this earth! We weren't meant to spend it this way. Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day... filling out useless forms... and listening to eight different bosses drone on about mission statements."