Well, doing it 'right' the first time may not be the most 'cost effective' solution;
Just getting the lines up in the first place would be a major improvement. There's always going to be something to replace, or upgrade. When you're doing upgrades you can do so progressively and time is on your side to build up budget and upgrade.
Otherwise you run the risk of delaying progress because of budget shortcomings.
Well said! There are many different types of learning; More than just 'cognitive' or not.
I'm 18. Have a FT job with the State as a Web Developer making $38k/yr. Not bad for a 'homeschooled idiot' in my opinion.
I was never 'taught' how to do my interview; I just knew what needed to happen. I wasn't 'taught' the programming languages I use - I learned them myself.
The mind is a powerful thing - School can't, and never will truely be able to teach a person HOW to think. (Sure, maybe a step-by-process for trouble shooting, but actually applying and making your own reasoning). All they can do is merely present us with information and hope we understand it and soak it in. (The scary part is, that kids don't THINK enough to know when a teacher has an obvious bias IE: History teacher is a Democrat/Repub/Green)
I'm not say "Question authority in every thing you do" I'm just worried about a generation that doesn't really know if something is right or not.
I guess I don't understand why the EU can control what's provided in an operating system, can somone explain this to me?
Last time I checked - an 'operating system' is a suite of utilities, tools and other gadgets on top of a kernel to provide a basic means of productive computer use.
I can't believe this B.S. This is the third mentioning of 'letting loose' on the first sales rep you see.
What did the sales rep do to deserve attitude? It's not their fault your stuff got messed up. If anyone can help you get your foot in the door it's them so don't piss them off.
I suggest you approach the Sales Rep and explain the issue in face calmly, mentioning the reps hanging up. I promise it'll be just as effective and you won't feel like an asshole when you walk out of the store.
So true.
Which would you rather do, report all of the issues, or report 'superficial' issues and keep the REAL ones to yourself.
Then, when vista is in full swing - have fun with all the corporate networks you want! It will pay more than MS!
Ironically enough, this was on my personalized Google for "Computer History Snapshot":
"Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates becomes the wealthiest person in the world in 1997. At the age of 41, William H. Gates III tops everyone with an estimated net worth of nearly forty billion dollars. His fantastic run begins with the development of a BASIC language interpreter for the Altair microcomputer in 1975."
The author of this article seems to believe that BASIC was never a feasible language to begin with. LAMP technology ensures the future of each component. As each product evolves the overall 'suite' becomes more sophisticated and embrace eachother through that.
Why should we bother making things compliant when browser producers don't make their browsers follow the standards?
IE is the bane of W3C standard following - and the majority of the world uses it.
So why waste time satisfying standards that are not followed by 90% of the population (so-to speak). I know Safari and Opera follow the standards - but their shares in the browser world are minimal.
Logic says, if IE has 90% share, you'd BETTER make sure it displays nice. If 5% use firefox/gecko - you -should- accomodate that as well; but is not as imperative as working with IE.
Logic says that if you must waste oodles of time to appease the remaining 5% (divided up into several other browsers) - the cost effectiveness of reaching this market is spent.
I'm all for standards - I think that somebody needs to cry out - and it's the developers implementing standards to give browser makers a hint but it's going nowhere .
The situation would be much more time efficient if IE had 50% share, Firefox/gecko had 30%, and other miscellanious browsers had a larger share and through following standards, you can appease those markets. Really - it is it's own problem.
Developers want browsers to standardize so they can save time by not having to do work-arounds, etc.
Browser producers don't see enough people using standards so they don't feel they need to waste time on standards compliancy...
THEREFORE: developers don't use 'standards' but instead, cater to the largest shares.
Tis a shame.
Pretty much everything is designed for "IE" where I work. However - for good practice I ensure that pages display correctly/nicely in Firefox and Lynx.
Getting hung up on strict XHTML compliancy is too time consuming for people who actually have things to do.
It's like some publications/people saying layouts should not use tables; Again, time consumption.
There's a happy medium between productivity - and quality of product. Every business on the face of the planet must come to terms with this.
Advertising to the largest city in the U.S. - Versus a television commercial where you have to be there at the right time at the right channel - the newspaper also has national subscribers as well - I think it's a brilliant approach for an initial marketing maneuver.
Maybe now it's a good idea to stop running end-of-the-world commercials that are ineffective and stop sending out CD's to everyone... cutting costs? naw... now they're in our grasp, so lets turn the fire up!
Slashdot Mirror
Buzzword: "CNGI", which, closely pronounced is "Sinji", or "Shinji". Who we all know was the wussy boy on Neon Genesis Evangelion.
So, through that rationale "CNGI" = Wussy.
The $399 (let's just say it, $400) is pretty rediculous. But I guess ridiculouslyover-priced items are the fad now?
Also, TFA is a little vague on the "Not ready part", it's almost as though he's simply stating a personal nomenclature conflict.
Well, doing it 'right' the first time may not be the most 'cost effective' solution; Just getting the lines up in the first place would be a major improvement. There's always going to be something to replace, or upgrade. When you're doing upgrades you can do so progressively and time is on your side to build up budget and upgrade. Otherwise you run the risk of delaying progress because of budget shortcomings.
Because you KNOW the screenshot gallery is a direct representation of what a linux distribution stands for...
I'll be damned if I let an excerpt from Huckleberry Finn through my spam filter!
Wait until DX10 comes out ...
Which direction are you heading in:
Server, or end-user desktop?
The two worlds are seperate and should remain so.
Well said! There are many different types of learning; More than just 'cognitive' or not. I'm 18. Have a FT job with the State as a Web Developer making $38k/yr. Not bad for a 'homeschooled idiot' in my opinion. I was never 'taught' how to do my interview; I just knew what needed to happen. I wasn't 'taught' the programming languages I use - I learned them myself. The mind is a powerful thing - School can't, and never will truely be able to teach a person HOW to think. (Sure, maybe a step-by-process for trouble shooting, but actually applying and making your own reasoning). All they can do is merely present us with information and hope we understand it and soak it in. (The scary part is, that kids don't THINK enough to know when a teacher has an obvious bias IE: History teacher is a Democrat/Repub/Green) I'm not say "Question authority in every thing you do" I'm just worried about a generation that doesn't really know if something is right or not.
I guess I don't understand why the EU can control what's provided in an operating system, can somone explain this to me?
Last time I checked - an 'operating system' is a suite of utilities, tools and other gadgets on top of a kernel to provide a basic means of productive computer use.
Somebody straighten me out !
Genius! Instead of REALLY killing eachother they can duke it out over the "internets" and gain status!
:)
Oh wait... then the aimbots will start coming...
Before you know it, they'll be killing eachother in real life over using an aimbot in the game;
But at least it won't be over territory
I can imagine it now, Microsoft hits 'the big red button' and half of the PC's in the room quit working...
I can't believe this B.S. This is the third mentioning of 'letting loose' on the first sales rep you see. What did the sales rep do to deserve attitude? It's not their fault your stuff got messed up. If anyone can help you get your foot in the door it's them so don't piss them off. I suggest you approach the Sales Rep and explain the issue in face calmly, mentioning the reps hanging up. I promise it'll be just as effective and you won't feel like an asshole when you walk out of the store.
Some companies employ people who just don't get it
I have an uncle and aunt who both grew up on a pig/chicken/cow farm and developed allergies so harsh it determines where they live.
Beautifully put.
So true. Which would you rather do, report all of the issues, or report 'superficial' issues and keep the REAL ones to yourself. Then, when vista is in full swing - have fun with all the corporate networks you want! It will pay more than MS!
Ironically enough, this was on my personalized Google for "Computer History Snapshot":
"Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates becomes the wealthiest person in the world in 1997. At the age of 41, William H. Gates III tops everyone with an estimated net worth of nearly forty billion dollars. His fantastic run begins with the development of a BASIC language interpreter for the Altair microcomputer in 1975."
The author of this article seems to believe that BASIC was never a feasible language to begin with. LAMP technology ensures the future of each component. As each product evolves the overall 'suite' becomes more sophisticated and embrace eachother through that.
As opposed to an individual language.
Lets see here...
Windows sound recorder, choose the wav output port as the microphone port and voila!
Why should we bother making things compliant when browser producers don't make their browsers follow the standards? IE is the bane of W3C standard following - and the majority of the world uses it. So why waste time satisfying standards that are not followed by 90% of the population (so-to speak). I know Safari and Opera follow the standards - but their shares in the browser world are minimal. Logic says, if IE has 90% share, you'd BETTER make sure it displays nice. If 5% use firefox/gecko - you -should- accomodate that as well; but is not as imperative as working with IE. Logic says that if you must waste oodles of time to appease the remaining 5% (divided up into several other browsers) - the cost effectiveness of reaching this market is spent. I'm all for standards - I think that somebody needs to cry out - and it's the developers implementing standards to give browser makers a hint but it's going nowhere . The situation would be much more time efficient if IE had 50% share, Firefox/gecko had 30%, and other miscellanious browsers had a larger share and through following standards, you can appease those markets. Really - it is it's own problem. Developers want browsers to standardize so they can save time by not having to do work-arounds, etc. Browser producers don't see enough people using standards so they don't feel they need to waste time on standards compliancy... THEREFORE: developers don't use 'standards' but instead, cater to the largest shares. Tis a shame.
Pretty much everything is designed for "IE" where I work. However - for good practice I ensure that pages display correctly/nicely in Firefox and Lynx.
Getting hung up on strict XHTML compliancy is too time consuming for people who actually have things to do.
It's like some publications/people saying layouts should not use tables; Again, time consumption.
There's a happy medium between productivity - and quality of product. Every business on the face of the planet must come to terms with this.
Duh! This is the game of SPOOFING... They want you to THINK they're MIT...
Why is the NYT Ad silly?
Advertising to the largest city in the U.S. - Versus a television commercial where you have to be there at the right time at the right channel - the newspaper also has national subscribers as well - I think it's a brilliant approach for an initial marketing maneuver.
Maybe now it's a good idea to stop running end-of-the-world commercials that are ineffective and stop sending out CD's to everyone... cutting costs? naw... now they're in our grasp, so lets turn the fire up!
And Intel is oh-so-perfect?
How about the mobile Celeron processor in my sister's laptop that runs at 69*C ?
Not even, it's the starship enterprise!