TV ads continue to be annoying and people are actively avoiding them now. Instead of making better commercials that don't annoy people, they just keep shelling out the money for the same old crap.
Funny you should mention that! In fact, I was so compelled to reply that I didn't even read your post beyond that sentence.
I hate TV ads and fast-forward through ALL of them (bless my still-chugging VCR!), the ONLY exception I make are the Apple "I'm a Mac" ads. They're simple, funny, imaginative, and just plain great! I even make a point of stopping the fast-forwarding (rewinding where necessary) just to watch the "I'm a Mac" ads.
I say this, but I don't use Macs and don't currently plan on buying one at any point in the future. HOWEVER, because of their move to x86 & Linux, I'm much less averse to the idea of using them if/when I need to, than I used to be. I'm typing this from my WinXP box, though I also have an Ubuntu Edgy LAMP server I've been toying with.
It's not about people obeying my demands as you put it. It's simply about caring for the English language and promoting its well-being. Do you want the next authored epic poem to be written in SMS-speak?
What I don't understand is, since Mac software has to be Universal nowadays anyway, why Apple doesn't just permanently keep its lineup as a mix of PPC and x86, picking whichever chip suits the particular machine they're designing at the time? Power6 Xserves along side Core 2 laptops... it sounds good to me!
by suv4x4 (956391)
As a software developer why you should work twice more (OSX intel / OSX ppc) to produce a piece of software that will work on roughly 2-3 % of the desktop computers out there?
Furthermore, no, being a Universal binary is not a requirement, and I know a few companies which release only Intel versions of their Mac software (example: Adobe's Soundbooth)..
by jcr (53032)
Building universal (???) isn't twice the work.
Dear God, people, my brain nearly exploded reading your posts. Your spell-check may not complain, but at least reread your posts for grammar! Those errors almost made me feel nauseous. It's careless off-the-cuff typing like that, that younger folks (equally influenced by god-awful SMS texting and junk) read and learn from. It's insignificant upon first glance, sure. There is a reason that people who read a lot of books tend to be smarter. They are subconsciously re-enforcing their language skills as a side-effect of reading the author's work (this assumes, of course, that the author is literate).
This, of course, is where you say (the lack of capitalization within the quotes is intended) "hey! language evolves with cultural influences and whatnot" Well, to that I say: "BUSH". Do you call that culture?... I also say:
Oh how I loathe that which the Internet has done to our language, and the care with which we speak and write it. We've gone from Shakespeare's Hamlet et al, to "omgd00dwtf!?! i so roxz0rd you're azz, im so much leeter!1! lolroflbbq" It's because of this disgraceful and careless attitude towards literacy that I have believed, and still believe that we will end up slowly degenerating (or reverting, call it what you will) back to a state of cavemen-like communication. Grunting at each other to communicate, all because grunting is so much easier to do. Over the generations, people will have become lazier and lazier with keeping literacy intact; going from long eloquent stanzas of beautiful poetry to express a simple but elegant thought, removing, combining, and abbreviating words throughout the years, until finally we can fit entire thoughts into acronyms and canonical abbreviations (like NASA or IANAL(...)). Eventually we'll get bored of speaking and typing in acronyms and such, instead using more verbose facial expressions and pointing at things with our fingers, and grunting happily or growling when the other person guessed right or wrong what we meant.
Novell will join the new organization? Oh crap. Now Microsoft is going to have an even bigger, even more underhanded claw in the Open Source movement because of them.
The issue here is that Ubuntu is not an English word, it is African, so you're both wrong because it is indeed "oo-boon-too". A direct quote from the link:
How do you pronounce Ubuntu?
Ubuntu, an African word from Zulu and Xhosa, is pronounced "oo-BOON-too". See the other FAQ on its meaning, it's a worthwhile read, and no, you're not the first person to wonder.
If you want to sound smart[er], pronounce it the same way natives of the originating word's language do.:)
Is lighting up a target with NV-visible lazers REALLY the way to go? Assuming the sniper and/or his allies use NV as well, they'll realize he's been lit up by 35 different robots, and start reporting their positions to each other, potentially revealing American positions as well!
"My tech is cooler than yours!" the Americans say, pfff, "I have more common-sense." says the rest of the world. Honestly though, yeesh!
I work for a M$ Small Business Specialist, and I have a laptop with Vista Ultimate RTM, I also have SQL Server 2005 Enterprise (with Business Intelligence services).
<rant>
Short answer? I hate it.
The laptop is a 64 bit HP Turion AMD 2000+ with 2GBs RAM (which my boss considered enough to disable the swap file entirely, it barely is: my load average is 1.5GBs).
One of the reasons SQL Server 2005 craps out (even during the INSTALLATION of it) is because of the new UAC. Info.
Also, Business Intelligence (SSIS, at least) services buggy as all hell (regardless of OS):
1) You can't debug Script Tasks or Script Components (known bug).
2) With Vista, I can't run my scripts because PrecompileScriptIntoBinaryCode must be True, and when it is, I get "The script files failed to load" error. As far as I can tell, there is no known work-around for this Vista-related bug, yet.
3) Web Service Tasks (which in our case is the primary reason we're using it to begin with) only work for "some" web services (no known list of these mysterious services, of course).
4) The Script VBA editor only allows GAC library references (I ended up creating my own DLL to act as a proxy between the web service and the SSIS package), which is a pain in itself.
The closest "working" dev environment you can have in Vista with VS2005/SQL Server 2005 is with VS2005 running as Administrator, and using SQL Server Management Studio purely for access to remote DBs (running on win2k3, of course). That's IF you exclude SQL Server Business Intelligence Services. This essentially means: Vista is GREAT, if you work around or avoid all the new features.
</rant>
Is anyone here currently hiring?
Wow. Okay, the rant went a tad off-track, now for the positives of Vista:
1) "Flip 3D": How innovative, but to be fair, the rolodex style is cool.
2) ???
3) Aero makes Minesweeper looks cooler!$!$!
The goal of an electronic voting system is to ease the voting process for voters. The results of which, de facto, become public common knowledge (regardless of geographical scope) within a matter of hours following the vote (if not sooner).
This is my suggestion: Use ONLY publicly-available open-source code for the voting machine software. This software must be reviewed by groups of seasoned software developers (5+ devs/group, number must be odd to prevent ties in decisions), each group MUST be endorsed by a political candidate, and each political candidate MUST endorce ONE group (to prevent intentional filibuster-style delays caused by opposed views from a political candidate's groups) of developers to review the code.
The code will be publicly available to the masses at all times, the code will be mirrored by servers physically located in each State, each political party must run an equal (or same+1) number of these servers.
The software must also be self-analysing, logging all changes in memory to disk, focusing on user-initiated events and foreign device activity (transferring files or running code from a USB key, for instance).
Results from all voting machines will be communicated using equally open-source protocols, as well as by telephone and/or authorized messengers (physical distance permitting).
----
Seriously, a voting machine should be as simple as "if (vote = 1) i++; elseif (vote = 2) j++". The only remaining problem, if THAT is done properly, is ensuring the outcome is communicated honestly, both by the sender and the receiver.
FTA:
Ashley Morgan, 13, has used her 'sonymusicexec' MySpace profile to lure several bands to her Los Angeles home. Ashley was grounded so she couldn't talk to us on the phone for this report
Oh yeah? I have to grow the coffee myself, then pick it. Then I grind it with a stone, put it in a bowl (hewn from stone) with water (reclaimed from the air and heated on servers) and I filter it with old AC filters. Then coworkers usually steal the coffee.
If your servers are hot enough to boil water, you may want to consider alternatives.:)
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I hate TV ads and fast-forward through ALL of them (bless my still-chugging VCR!), the ONLY exception I make are the Apple "I'm a Mac" ads. They're simple, funny, imaginative, and just plain great! I even make a point of stopping the fast-forwarding (rewinding where necessary) just to watch the "I'm a Mac" ads.
I say this, but I don't use Macs and don't currently plan on buying one at any point in the future. HOWEVER, because of their move to x86 & Linux, I'm much less averse to the idea of using them if/when I need to, than I used to be. I'm typing this from my WinXP box, though I also have an Ubuntu Edgy LAMP server I've been toying with.
Honestly!
This, of course, is where you say (the lack of capitalization within the quotes is intended) "hey! language evolves with cultural influences and whatnot" ... I also say:
Well, to that I say: "BUSH". Do you call that culture?
Oh how I loathe that which the Internet has done to our language, and the care with which we speak and write it. We've gone from Shakespeare's Hamlet et al, to "omgd00dwtf!?! i so roxz0rd you're azz, im so much leeter!1! lolroflbbq" It's because of this disgraceful and careless attitude towards literacy that I have believed, and still believe that we will end up slowly degenerating (or reverting, call it what you will) back to a state of cavemen-like communication. Grunting at each other to communicate, all because grunting is so much easier to do. Over the generations, people will have become lazier and lazier with keeping literacy intact; going from long eloquent stanzas of beautiful poetry to express a simple but elegant thought, removing, combining, and abbreviating words throughout the years, until finally we can fit entire thoughts into acronyms and canonical abbreviations (like NASA or IANAL(...)). Eventually we'll get bored of speaking and typing in acronyms and such, instead using more verbose facial expressions and pointing at things with our fingers, and grunting happily or growling when the other person guessed right or wrong what we meant.
Remind you of (m)any animals?
Dude, I depend on Google Calendar for a lot of things because my short-term memory blows. If I lost the contents of it, I'd be screwed.
Problem: He can opt to set the standards himself.
Good one though!
+4 Funny, at least in spirit. :)
Novell will join the new organization? Oh crap. Now Microsoft is going to have an even bigger, even more underhanded claw in the Open Source movement because of them.
Ubuntu, an African word from Zulu and Xhosa, is pronounced "oo-BOON-too". See the other FAQ on its meaning, it's a worthwhile read, and no, you're not the first person to wonder.
If you want to sound smart[er], pronounce it the same way natives of the originating word's language do.Is lighting up a target with NV-visible lazers REALLY the way to go? Assuming the sniper and/or his allies use NV as well, they'll realize he's been lit up by 35 different robots, and start reporting their positions to each other, potentially revealing American positions as well!
"My tech is cooler than yours!" the Americans say, pfff, "I have more common-sense." says the rest of the world. Honestly though, yeesh!
Here in Québec, the legal age for everything is 18 INCLUDING alcohol. :P
.... *cough*
or does it sound like the article's title was slapped together with a random sentence generator?
I work for a M$ Small Business Specialist, and I have a laptop with Vista Ultimate RTM, I also have SQL Server 2005 Enterprise (with Business Intelligence services).
<rant> Short answer? I hate it.
The laptop is a 64 bit HP Turion AMD 2000+ with 2GBs RAM (which my boss considered enough to disable the swap file entirely, it barely is: my load average is 1.5GBs).
One of the reasons SQL Server 2005 craps out (even during the INSTALLATION of it) is because of the new UAC. Info.
Also, Business Intelligence (SSIS, at least) services buggy as all hell (regardless of OS):
1) You can't debug Script Tasks or Script Components (known bug).
2) With Vista, I can't run my scripts because PrecompileScriptIntoBinaryCode must be True, and when it is, I get "The script files failed to load" error. As far as I can tell, there is no known work-around for this Vista-related bug, yet.
3) Web Service Tasks (which in our case is the primary reason we're using it to begin with) only work for "some" web services (no known list of these mysterious services, of course).
4) The Script VBA editor only allows GAC library references (I ended up creating my own DLL to act as a proxy between the web service and the SSIS package), which is a pain in itself.
The closest "working" dev environment you can have in Vista with VS2005/SQL Server 2005 is with VS2005 running as Administrator, and using SQL Server Management Studio purely for access to remote DBs (running on win2k3, of course). That's IF you exclude SQL Server Business Intelligence Services. This essentially means: Vista is GREAT, if you work around or avoid all the new features.
</rant>
Is anyone here currently hiring?
Wow. Okay, the rant went a tad off-track, now for the positives of Vista:
1) "Flip 3D": How innovative, but to be fair, the rolodex style is cool.
2) ???
3) Aero makes Minesweeper looks cooler!$!$!
Amen!
Spelling or grammar mistakes? Sure, a few, but you're still light years ahead of far too many anglophones! Congrats. :)
I don't know if she designed this website, but if that's her vision of perfect design, God help us all. http://www.webvastu.com/
I live in Québec, and I'm *SO* glad this happened!! Vive le Québec!
I have a suggestion.
The goal of an electronic voting system is to ease the voting process for voters. The results of which, de facto, become public common knowledge (regardless of geographical scope) within a matter of hours following the vote (if not sooner).
This is my suggestion: Use ONLY publicly-available open-source code for the voting machine software.
This software must be reviewed by groups of seasoned software developers (5+ devs/group, number must be odd to prevent ties in decisions), each group MUST be endorsed by a political candidate, and each political candidate MUST endorce ONE group (to prevent intentional filibuster-style delays caused by opposed views from a political candidate's groups) of developers to review the code.
The code will be publicly available to the masses at all times, the code will be mirrored by servers physically located in each State, each political party must run an equal (or same+1) number of these servers.
The software must also be self-analysing, logging all changes in memory to disk, focusing on user-initiated events and foreign device activity (transferring files or running code from a USB key, for instance).
Results from all voting machines will be communicated using equally open-source protocols, as well as by telephone and/or authorized messengers (physical distance permitting).
----
Seriously, a voting machine should be as simple as "if (vote = 1) i++; elseif (vote = 2) j++".
The only remaining problem, if THAT is done properly, is ensuring the outcome is communicated honestly, both by the sender and the receiver.
Ahahahahahahahaha.
Is it just me, or does "DVD Jon" look A LOT like Bill Gates? I mean... whoa, freaky, eh?!
Mile-High Airships? Sign me up!
(read: Mile-High Club)
of the end of the need for women! All they need to do now is add one of these (http://www.fu-fme.com/) to the life-size model, and we're set!