Much like the rest of life, it's not simply a "do this, don't do that" thing.
I see nothing wrong with traveling with a netbook - they weigh next to nothing - or even better, something like a Nokia N800/N810. There are plenty of down times where I can see wanting to check email, get in touch with family, whatever.
Having a piece of technology with you while traveling certainly doesn't prevent you from experiencing different cultures and peoples.
It is a fact that Walmart has focused their efforts on rural areas, only very recently moving into major cities agressively. It's also a fact that Amazon's business model works slightly better for urbanites who recieve shipments faster (in Milwaukee shipments would arrive in 2-3 days with free shipping, rural Iowa it's more like 8-10 days), are more likely to have high speed internet, and are less likely to be served by a walmart/target type discount store.
The SF bay area and LA had both Walmart and Target long before rural Wisconsin did (even though Target is a MPLS-based company). Come to think of it, so did Chicago. Walmart has never "focused on rural areas", rather, they've set up shop where they believe they'll make the most money. Urban/rural has nothing to do with it.
Of all the people I know that either have an iphone or an android-based phone, none of them are really interested in games.
It would seem to me that games in general just aren't profitable on these phones. What people seem to want are other type apps, such as location-based, be it a restaurant finder, people finder, or some other type.
And come to think of it, riding the train, I RARELY see anyone playing any type of game. They're usually involved in some facebook/myspace/twitter goings on or jut listening to music.
I know on my Blackberry, that's the cae for me as well.
Games tend to be fairly time consuming, so I just can't see many people using these device for gaming, at least after the initial novelty wears off.
It's like a ski instructor that have to deal with all the horribly inexperienced people doing things all wrong or at least it's nothing like cruising along freely yourself.
I worked at a ski resort when I was in high school and college, and let me tell you...
The fun started AFTER the resort closed down. We fired up the lifts again after the crowds left and skied, sledded, used lunch trays and shovels on mogul fields, whatever we could find. Those were good times.
I just checked my hosting... they offer 8.3.3. But anything I've done should so far with PostgreSQL should be doable with the 7.x series (I don't do anything difficult, just dictionaries and glossaries.
The problem with moving is that MySQL (like PHP) has a huge install base in ISPs. If you're using shared hosting, you've got MySQL available, guaranteed, and that tends to determine what people use and know.
I'm seeing more and more ISPs offer PostreSQL in addition to MySQL. They don't really support it like they do MySQL, but it is being offered more.
They never were with Microsoft, at least not in the Chicago Operations Center when I worked for them. They were pretty hard-core Solaris, and slowly began switching their systems to Linux.
Most other states probably wouldn't have the numbers of people to justify building it. Imagine a state in the midwest asking for 5 billion so that the tiny train riding population can ride in style. Ya right. So if by any state you mean New York and surrounding area then yes.
You most likely have not lived east of the Mississippi. There are HUGE swaths of populations that could use fast, convenient mass transportation. Not just New York and "surrounding areas." Think the entire eastern seaboard. Think Chicago to New York. Think St. Louis to Atlanta. Don't think they're big enough? Check the size of these metropolitan areas and some of the cities running between them.
If you don't want to compare metro areas, fine. But then you might as well knock out SF - it's quite small in comparison to many other eastern cities.
People don't work in IT for the glory. People rarely do anything for glory.
I worked in IT for the money. Then I realized that no amount of money could give me back all the time for the frustration and near nightly emergencies of an online retail company. I had been in IT many, many years before this company and like the work, but this company did me in.
So I took my life back and changed careers, and now work as a freelancer.
Developers need to eat, too. The normal reply to a comment like this is that customers will pay for the support, rather than the software itself.
So charge a reasonable price for your software. If it does what I need with a GUI and workflow that works for me, I'll more than happily buy it! Really.
I don't know why people seem to think it's either completely white or completely black. There can be a solid middle ground.
I've paid for some decent software for Linux, and have never regretted it.
Most people turn laptops on and off several times per day.
If you're turning your laptop on and off several times a day, something's wrong. Really. I can suspend my laptop and drive for 2 or so hours to where I need to be, then resume with no noticeable difference in charge. Maybe a couple of percentages.
I have an extended battery on my HP Pavilion that lasts close to 5 hours running Linux (Opensuse in my case). That's WAY more than enough time for me to find an outlet and recharge if I need to.
Seriously, this whole "I have to shut down to conserve electricity" thing is overblown. As has been previously noted in these threads, electricity costs just aren't there.
Granted, we went from one "secure" area to another, so I really didn't see the need to go through customs at all, but literally, we merely walked past an unattended desk. Simple as that.
Were you already in the EU? That makes a HUGE difference. Try arriving from outside the EU.
Which is exactly why I'm never transiting through the US again.
The same can be said for many countries. Ever flown through Ireland, not even as a final destination? It's worse than any American customs stop I've been through.
It's not just the US. It's ANY country that sees "terrorism" as a threat. I've not been to Japan, but I've heard it's a treat there too.
You're making my point nicely in your post, from Windows users that, according to you shouldn't be able to know what to do outside of their own bed, right down to Americans that don't know what's happening in their own country.
You seem to have had a few too many swigs of the Slashdot Koolaid.
I don't know what your "normal" is but in my world, yes, normal people do indeed know what Windows is. They know because they use a PC or laptop and occasionally have trouble with their OS and therefore need tp fix something. Hell, if they have automatic updates turned on, they know it's to update the OS, usually because of some security flaw.
And most "normal" Windows users I know also know of the other options available to them. They tend to like Windows.
It's amusing to see how often "normal" users are made to look less intelligent than your average Slashdot reader here. It's done a lot. And in my real world experience, it's just not the case.
Also, this could be useful as a dating tool; if you don't know if the object of your affections is gay or not, run them through MIT Gaydar, and then possibly feel more secure about asking them out.
Or, you know, you could just take the time to get to know someone a bit before asking them out. 'Course, you'd have to log off and go out into the real world to to that.
This is kinda vicious but my strategy is if someone else's coding isn't good enough or they make massive mistakes, I don't just let it fly. You don't have to be their boss, you only have to be working on the same project as them because you're the one putting up with missing object methods and bad documentation and poorly written code. Tell em to rewrite it before you can use it and correct them and generally let them know that it has to be acceptable or they get to fix it. If anyone asks about project delays, don't hesitate to throw them under the bus and accurately report that they were the reason for the delay because their code didn't work. Soon it'll become really obvious that they're the inferior employee who should be replaced if possible.
Or, you could just come off looking like a jerk to both your team and to your boss. You're on a team for a reason: to work together, not complain about how bad someone else's code (or any other work, for that matter) is.
If you are a team member and not in a lead role, you're not in a position to decide what's acceptable and what's not. And you'd be foolish to believe that you are in that position.
Yes, you should let the other person know that improvement is needed, but "throwing them under the bus" isn't the way to do it.
...it is a sad fact that OU degrees are sneered upon in britain today. This is likely due to the high percentage of students who sit courses "for personal interest"...
Did you not take any courses for "personal interest" when you were in college? Here in the US, they're called "electives".
But we're talking about degrees, aren't we? If you're going for a full degree online, most likely you're in it for more than personal interest. However, I know nothing of the quality of OU courses.
How does the school prove the person who took whatever tests over the internet is the person they were said to be?
I completed a degree program online. Took me three years to do it. The way they (sort of) got around this was to have actual sittings for exams in various places throughout the country for each semester. These exams covered bits from the entire previous semester and would be difficult to just waltz in and take without actually doing the coursework.
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I see nothing wrong with traveling with a netbook - they weigh next to nothing - or even better, something like a Nokia N800/N810. There are plenty of down times where I can see wanting to check email, get in touch with family, whatever.
Having a piece of technology with you while traveling certainly doesn't prevent you from experiencing different cultures and peoples.
Nokia "redefined" tablet in 2006 with its N770 Internet Tablet, then N800, then N810.
It's not a new concept.
The SF bay area and LA had both Walmart and Target long before rural Wisconsin did (even though Target is a MPLS-based company). Come to think of it, so did Chicago. Walmart has never "focused on rural areas", rather, they've set up shop where they believe they'll make the most money. Urban/rural has nothing to do with it.
They are most likely referring to Standard Chinese (also called Standard Mandarin), which is used in all government communications.
It would seem to me that games in general just aren't profitable on these phones. What people seem to want are other type apps, such as location-based, be it a restaurant finder, people finder, or some other type.
And come to think of it, riding the train, I RARELY see anyone playing any type of game. They're usually involved in some facebook/myspace/twitter goings on or jut listening to music.
I know on my Blackberry, that's the cae for me as well.
Games tend to be fairly time consuming, so I just can't see many people using these device for gaming, at least after the initial novelty wears off.
I worked at a ski resort when I was in high school and college, and let me tell you...
The fun started AFTER the resort closed down. We fired up the lifts again after the crowds left and skied, sledded, used lunch trays and shovels on mogul fields, whatever we could find. Those were good times.
I had heard some bad things about them, but they've never given me any trouble. I can pretty much run whatever I want.
I just checked my hosting... they offer 8.3.3. But anything I've done should so far with PostgreSQL should be doable with the 7.x series (I don't do anything difficult, just dictionaries and glossaries.
I'm seeing more and more ISPs offer PostreSQL in addition to MySQL. They don't really support it like they do MySQL, but it is being offered more.
the summary said "from" and IP address, not "to" an IP address.
They never were with Microsoft, at least not in the Chicago Operations Center when I worked for them. They were pretty hard-core Solaris, and slowly began switching their systems to Linux.
You most likely have not lived east of the Mississippi. There are HUGE swaths of populations that could use fast, convenient mass transportation. Not just New York and "surrounding areas." Think the entire eastern seaboard. Think Chicago to New York. Think St. Louis to Atlanta. Don't think they're big enough? Check the size of these metropolitan areas and some of the cities running between them.
If you don't want to compare metro areas, fine. But then you might as well knock out SF - it's quite small in comparison to many other eastern cities.
I worked in IT for the money. Then I realized that no amount of money could give me back all the time for the frustration and near nightly emergencies of an online retail company. I had been in IT many, many years before this company and like the work, but this company did me in.
So I took my life back and changed careers, and now work as a freelancer.
So charge a reasonable price for your software. If it does what I need with a GUI and workflow that works for me, I'll more than happily buy it! Really.
I don't know why people seem to think it's either completely white or completely black. There can be a solid middle ground.
I've paid for some decent software for Linux, and have never regretted it.
Gad, sometimes the slash herd are awful. Particularly anonymous cowards.
You weren't invited anyway, so it's win-win for everybody.
It was their moment. As long as it made them happy, that's great.
If you're turning your laptop on and off several times a day, something's wrong. Really. I can suspend my laptop and drive for 2 or so hours to where I need to be, then resume with no noticeable difference in charge. Maybe a couple of percentages.
I have an extended battery on my HP Pavilion that lasts close to 5 hours running Linux (Opensuse in my case). That's WAY more than enough time for me to find an outlet and recharge if I need to.
Seriously, this whole "I have to shut down to conserve electricity" thing is overblown. As has been previously noted in these threads, electricity costs just aren't there.
Most of us keep our machines running all the time. I would think a quicker return from suspend or hibernate would be more useful.
Were you already in the EU? That makes a HUGE difference. Try arriving from outside the EU.
The same can be said for many countries. Ever flown through Ireland, not even as a final destination? It's worse than any American customs stop I've been through.
It's not just the US. It's ANY country that sees "terrorism" as a threat. I've not been to Japan, but I've heard it's a treat there too.
You seem to have had a few too many swigs of the Slashdot Koolaid.
I don't know what your "normal" is but in my world, yes, normal people do indeed know what Windows is. They know because they use a PC or laptop and occasionally have trouble with their OS and therefore need tp fix something. Hell, if they have automatic updates turned on, they know it's to update the OS, usually because of some security flaw.
And most "normal" Windows users I know also know of the other options available to them. They tend to like Windows.
It's amusing to see how often "normal" users are made to look less intelligent than your average Slashdot reader here. It's done a lot. And in my real world experience, it's just not the case.
Or, you know, you could just take the time to get to know someone a bit before asking them out. 'Course, you'd have to log off and go out into the real world to to that.
Or, you could just come off looking like a jerk to both your team and to your boss. You're on a team for a reason: to work together, not complain about how bad someone else's code (or any other work, for that matter) is.
If you are a team member and not in a lead role, you're not in a position to decide what's acceptable and what's not. And you'd be foolish to believe that you are in that position.
Yes, you should let the other person know that improvement is needed, but "throwing them under the bus" isn't the way to do it.
Did you not take any courses for "personal interest" when you were in college? Here in the US, they're called "electives".
But we're talking about degrees, aren't we? If you're going for a full degree online, most likely you're in it for more than personal interest. However, I know nothing of the quality of OU courses.
I completed a degree program online. Took me three years to do it. The way they (sort of) got around this was to have actual sittings for exams in various places throughout the country for each semester. These exams covered bits from the entire previous semester and would be difficult to just waltz in and take without actually doing the coursework.