You totally failed to include plumbing analogies in your post.
When you originally started the business, you only needed a single restroom with a small sink and a toilet. When you hired a few more women, they started complaining about guys and their aim. To satisfy the demand for more restrooms, you added a second restroom so that you could have a Men's and Women's restroom. As your business takes off, you add more and more people and you add more stalls to the current restrooms. Perhaps a second and third floor with restrooms on each floor. Now, you've got so much water coming into the building that you can't get enough water to flush the toilets on both second and third floors at the same time so you add more pipes. Then, sewage drains can't keep up (and start backing up into the basement), so you add more sewer lines.
Now, you're complaining that you need to upgrade the restrooms every three years and can't understand why plumbing costs so much.
The problem with that is you have to work with COBOL, a language where the number of spaces or the length of the line matter and can cause your code not to run, everything is a global variable unless you're calling another program, and the many ways of writing even simple commands that can lead to a confusing mess of different coding styles.
Anything taught about homosexuality would be controversial. It is not a subject that religious nutcases want to be taught in any form other than "This is wrong."
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." James D. Nicoll
Don't be offended. Slashdot portrays every religion as extremist and ignorant. We're not picking on only Muslims just because they're Muslims. Islam just happens to be the religion of the week. Next week it'll be Christians. Or Mormons. Or maybe Scientologists (well, most would say it isn't a religion, but THEY think it is). The only religion that doesn't get laughed at is the Flying Spagetti Monster, which is a joke all in itself.
And that's just with a few minutes searching google.
It isn't MySpace's fault that it attracts young teenagers and with them, the predators that prey on them, but this is a real problem. It isn't a technical problem, but a social problem and needs to be treated as such.
I'll tell you the reason that I don't go to my local "Mom and Pop" computer stores:
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I'm a gamer. When I go to a computer store, I'm looking for a computer or computer parts that are the top of the line. If I go into a "Mom and Pop" computer store, they have nothing but refurbished junk from ten years ago and computers that are so slow, Dell and Gateway won't sell them as cheap end computers. I used to go to the local store when I knew nothing about computers to have my computer fixed, but I stopped when I learned how to fix it on my own. Hell, they usually still had machines running Windows 98 just a couple years ago because they were too slow to run Windows XP. Sure, the local store may order a part for you and save you the shipping, but the price is usually no better than what I can get online and have it shipped to my door.
Now, that isn't to say that I bought a lot from Comp USA or Best Buy. They never seemed to have anything top end either...but every once in a while I would come across a top of the line part that had been out for a few months for cheap. I bought both my power supply and sound card at Comp USA.
And they need to not install it or else disable it by default on those that it doesn't work on. My computers don't have video cards that it works on and when it was enabled in my upgrade, XGL kept crashing until I uninstalled XGL.
FYI, I have three video cards that are SIS derivatives and none of them support 3D with XGL and Compiz.
Or you could put the receipt in a ballot box after you're done reading it and it could be counted during a manual recount instead of what the machine counted.
Have you seen the phishing emails that are sent out? They're actually very very well done. No spelling errors. Use of an actual monster email address instead of garbage. HTML design looked pretty. The first thing that tipped me off was that they wanted me to download a program. I'm not the type to download programs willy-nilly, but I've seen stupid companies attempt to get you to download their new latest and greatest program before. I then looked closely at the link that they were wanting me to go to and realized that it was a phishing attempt. If they hadn't tried to get me to download a program, I would have thought it from monster because I normally don't look at emails that closely.
This isn't the case any more. Games that use the Doom 3 engine (Quake 4, Prey) are fully multi-threaded. Yes, there are still games that are produced as single threaded, but more and more games are coming out (especially ones with top end graphics) as multithreaded.
Particularly when it comes to computers or any other sort of information technology, which most people view the way the monkeys viewed the black monolith, as a mysterious object to be feared.
This reminds me of an appropriate bash.org quote:
#2328 <TeamsterX> man watching 6 MSCE's around a sun box, looks alot like the opening scene's of 2001:space odyssey and the monkey's with the monolith
And these are people who are supposed to be technically savvy. I can't imagine what people who know nothing about computers would do.
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That program is an utter piece of crap. Not only did it randomly decide to crap out on my computer but you couldn't do full 360 degree rotation. You would go so far and then it would stop. If you dropped the window, it would turn and go exactly so far and stop. The controls to move the cube were clunky (jittery) and it ran SLOW on my 8800GTX and QX6700. I would hate to imagine what it would do on a slower machine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level3
Level 3 is one of the largest providers of wholesale dial-up service to ISPs in North America and is the primary provider of Internet connectivity for millions of broadband subscribers through its cable and DSL partners
It means it wants you to load letter sized paper into the printer. In the same manner, "PC LOAD A4" means to load A4 sized paper.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Load_Letter
I had a company tell me to go to Salary.com to find out what I expected (wtf?) and when I told them, the value was probably 15k off what they were expecting. (Software engineers in my area was making 40-60k, this company expected 30k). I got told later that the company rejected me without even giving me a counter offer and that was the reason.
2wire routers did at that time. When I worked for a company that did tech for clueless businesses, I remember being surprised that there was encryption on a wireless router for one company I went to. Evidently the passcode phrase is the serial number on the router itself.
I don't know about you, but it plays fine on my Kubuntu Edgy with Firefox. Have you tried Mplayer with mplayer-plugin? Don't forget the w32 codecs from mplayer's site.
I went to France24 and clicked Live Feed and it played fine.
I'll agree with this. I work for a company that does MMS -> Email and Email -> MMS messaging (you know, the 10digitnumber@mymobilecompany.com addresses). I love the abuse report emails because I get to see pictures that people have taken with their cell phones emailed to AOL users. Mostly its pictures of babies (awww ain't she cute!!) and fish (Look ma! I caught a big fish!), but you get an interesting one every once in a while.
Step 0: Call the recruiter and tell him that what HR is offering isn't what you were promised. If the recruiter has any morals at all, he'll get in touch with HR and find out what jackass stopped his hire and why. He may be able to work up the chain faster than you can simply because he already has a working relationship with the company.
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You totally failed to include plumbing analogies in your post.
When you originally started the business, you only needed a single restroom with a small sink and a toilet. When you hired a few more women, they started complaining about guys and their aim. To satisfy the demand for more restrooms, you added a second restroom so that you could have a Men's and Women's restroom. As your business takes off, you add more and more people and you add more stalls to the current restrooms. Perhaps a second and third floor with restrooms on each floor. Now, you've got so much water coming into the building that you can't get enough water to flush the toilets on both second and third floors at the same time so you add more pipes. Then, sewage drains can't keep up (and start backing up into the basement), so you add more sewer lines.
Now, you're complaining that you need to upgrade the restrooms every three years and can't understand why plumbing costs so much.
The problem with that is you have to work with COBOL, a language where the number of spaces or the length of the line matter and can cause your code not to run, everything is a global variable unless you're calling another program, and the many ways of writing even simple commands that can lead to a confusing mess of different coding styles.
Anything taught about homosexuality would be controversial. It is not a subject that religious nutcases want to be taught in any form other than "This is wrong."
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." James D. Nicoll
Don't be offended. Slashdot portrays every religion as extremist and ignorant. We're not picking on only Muslims just because they're Muslims. Islam just happens to be the religion of the week. Next week it'll be Christians. Or Mormons. Or maybe Scientologists (well, most would say it isn't a religion, but THEY think it is). The only religion that doesn't get laughed at is the Flying Spagetti Monster, which is a joke all in itself.
More often than you think.
And that's just with a few minutes searching google.
It isn't MySpace's fault that it attracts young teenagers and with them, the predators that prey on them, but this is a real problem. It isn't a technical problem, but a social problem and needs to be treated as such.
I'll tell you the reason that I don't go to my local "Mom and Pop" computer stores:
Selection
I'm a gamer. When I go to a computer store, I'm looking for a computer or computer parts that are the top of the line. If I go into a "Mom and Pop" computer store, they have nothing but refurbished junk from ten years ago and computers that are so slow, Dell and Gateway won't sell them as cheap end computers. I used to go to the local store when I knew nothing about computers to have my computer fixed, but I stopped when I learned how to fix it on my own. Hell, they usually still had machines running Windows 98 just a couple years ago because they were too slow to run Windows XP. Sure, the local store may order a part for you and save you the shipping, but the price is usually no better than what I can get online and have it shipped to my door.
Now, that isn't to say that I bought a lot from Comp USA or Best Buy. They never seemed to have anything top end either...but every once in a while I would come across a top of the line part that had been out for a few months for cheap. I bought both my power supply and sound card at Comp USA.
And they need to not install it or else disable it by default on those that it doesn't work on. My computers don't have video cards that it works on and when it was enabled in my upgrade, XGL kept crashing until I uninstalled XGL.
FYI, I have three video cards that are SIS derivatives and none of them support 3D with XGL and Compiz.
Or you could put the receipt in a ballot box after you're done reading it and it could be counted during a manual recount instead of what the machine counted.
Have you seen the phishing emails that are sent out? They're actually very very well done. No spelling errors. Use of an actual monster email address instead of garbage. HTML design looked pretty. The first thing that tipped me off was that they wanted me to download a program. I'm not the type to download programs willy-nilly, but I've seen stupid companies attempt to get you to download their new latest and greatest program before. I then looked closely at the link that they were wanting me to go to and realized that it was a phishing attempt. If they hadn't tried to get me to download a program, I would have thought it from monster because I normally don't look at emails that closely.
This isn't the case any more. Games that use the Doom 3 engine (Quake 4, Prey) are fully multi-threaded. Yes, there are still games that are produced as single threaded, but more and more games are coming out (especially ones with top end graphics) as multithreaded.
No, Gentoo is for masochists. Ubuntu is for power users that want to get work done. Keep in mind they're wanting an OS that they can support.
That program is an utter piece of crap. Not only did it randomly decide to crap out on my computer but you couldn't do full 360 degree rotation. You would go so far and then it would stop. If you dropped the window, it would turn and go exactly so far and stop. The controls to move the cube were clunky (jittery) and it ran SLOW on my 8800GTX and QX6700. I would hate to imagine what it would do on a slower machine.
This is a parody of a movie quote. I can't believe no one has seen that scene from "This is Spinal Tap".
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I'm missing the googleisgood and googleisevil tags already.
In other words, the courts and IBM are giving SCO enough rope to hang themselves with and SCO keeps drawing the noose tighter.
It means it wants you to load letter sized paper into the printer. In the same manner, "PC LOAD A4" means to load A4 sized paper. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Load_Letter
I had a company tell me to go to Salary.com to find out what I expected (wtf?) and when I told them, the value was probably 15k off what they were expecting. (Software engineers in my area was making 40-60k, this company expected 30k). I got told later that the company rejected me without even giving me a counter offer and that was the reason.
2wire routers did at that time. When I worked for a company that did tech for clueless businesses, I remember being surprised that there was encryption on a wireless router for one company I went to. Evidently the passcode phrase is the serial number on the router itself.
I don't know about you, but it plays fine on my Kubuntu Edgy with Firefox. Have you tried Mplayer with mplayer-plugin? Don't forget the w32 codecs from mplayer's site.
I went to France24 and clicked Live Feed and it played fine.
I'll agree with this. I work for a company that does MMS -> Email and Email -> MMS messaging (you know, the 10digitnumber@mymobilecompany.com addresses). I love the abuse report emails because I get to see pictures that people have taken with their cell phones emailed to AOL users. Mostly its pictures of babies (awww ain't she cute!!) and fish (Look ma! I caught a big fish!), but you get an interesting one every once in a while.
Step 0: Call the recruiter and tell him that what HR is offering isn't what you were promised. If the recruiter has any morals at all, he'll get in touch with HR and find out what jackass stopped his hire and why. He may be able to work up the chain faster than you can simply because he already has a working relationship with the company.