I should note, however, that my site is geared towards the translation/localization industry and, as such, the majority of the tools available to translators, localizers, subtitlers, etc. are written for Win XP. Sure, there are tools available for Macs and Linux (even *BSD) - I use a commercial tool written for Linux, but the vast majority of the industry in which I work is done on the Windows (XP) platform.
My site doesn't get a great amount of hits, but it IS representative of my industry.
RMS even states that some OSS developers signing NDAs (a big no-no to him) so that they can see the specs in order to write Free firmware may be a solution. Hmm, sounds like a COMPROMISE.
Seriously. If people are that concerned over open vs. proprietary, they can always find another way to fund another project that IS completely open. And then get busy finding manufacturers that will provide them with all the specs needed to code open drivers.
Maybe then they'll get busy coding and stop whining. It's all well and good to point out that something's not open, but don't just whine about it. Do something: go find the manyfacturers willing to side with your cause. Then start another project that is more in line with your ideals. And make sure youre price comes in under the proprietary one, otherwise it's not gonna fly.
But what is "prime time" when the show is distributed via download-on-demand?
Speaking of downloads, sure, there is no sense of primetime. However, I don't really see a primetime market declining until TV is no longer the primary means of delivery. And there's still a long way to go before that happens.
Jeez, no wonder kids think their parents are stupid...
You should probably realize that this is not a recent development with the introduction of the PC to the home. Kids have always thought their parents were stupid.
The tone of your very first statement suggests that you too feel that way about your own parents.
I was in the "IT" sector for about 20 years, starting first as a computer operator, then moving to operations analysis, then system administration.
After 20 years, I got out of it. Know why? System administration has become the equivalent of computer operations. The new factory line worker, in many ways. I had no desire to get into programming - sorry, but it bores me to tears.
So I went back to school and got another, unrelated degree.
I'm curious to know if my case is unusual. I am guessing that it's not all that unusual. I've said it before in another thread that I really believe humans should experience more than one field in the course of their work years.
Should Slashdot wait/hope for another source like an official news paper to bring up this story instead of delivering the news as fast as possible?
Except this is not in any way news, fast or not. It's one person's blog, which, if you look at any of the other blog entries, are nothing more than a series of opinions of many different, unrelated things.
By that, I mean that even the average parents and grandparents can (and do) use them. Yes, my parents each have their own iPod, my grandparents share one...
Parents and grandparents are not the target consumer for any mp3 device, if you think about it. They're not the ones who buy the music that drives the industry. It's teens and college-age kids.
Maybe in your dad's case he's ripping what he already owns, but I kind of doubt he's buying anywhere near the amount of music that either a teen or college kid buys.
The conversion tool is best used at a later date, when using portions of your notes for preparing emails, documents that need sharing...
Without decent handwriting recognition, proper conversion cannot be done, at a later date, or any other time without substantial cleanup. As I stated in my previous post, when I had tried a Tablet in my last job, I got the equivalent of digital ink smudge, which in turn produced very poor conversion to text, when it could figure it out. As you replied, it can depend on the hardware, but the sofware can't be discounted, either.
A tablet will change the life of anyone who uses notebooks/notepads for notes and whose primary job function is on computers.
TabletPCs may be a good solution for a right-handed person, but they're slow and cumbersome for a left-handed person. The few times I tried a tablet, I would mess up any handwriting recognition with the digital version of ink smudge.
At this point in my life, I can actually type faster that I can write. And people can read it, instead of trying to read the chicken scratch I call handwriting!
As far as weight, I have a nice, light Thinkpad that, in addition to being just over 4 pounds, is built around some pretty solid hardware.
So he get's out of underdgrad at 18. Another year for masters. And whatever else for his patent law studies.
So say he's done by 22-23 years old. Unless he immediately goes into business for himself, noone's going to give him a whopping salary at starting point in his career. He'll end up earning his raises just like any other person in any other business.
And to play devil's advocvate to myself: Lawyers get hired by law firms to bring in money. The chances of a young whiz-kid doing that are slim. Not impossible, but slim. Paricularly in patent law.
I haven't personally tried this service, but it looks promising. I found it through Gizmo - I use that and the freeconferencecall.com service they provide.
PresenterNet looks to be about as cross-platform as they come, aat least from the end user's perspective. Not so much for the initial creation of the presentation. You need to have a presentation initially in Powerpoint format, which then gets converted to Flash during the upload process. Once uploaded, the presenter controls the sequence and speed of the presentation through his/her browser and the end users see a presentation within their browser.
Not free, but fairly cheap at 40 bucks a month for 25 conference attendees/unlimited amount of time.
Actually it's suburban, so no one saw me, literally. In the city, yeah, there's thousands of homeless eyes watching... but no one listens to them anyway.
Which kind of brings up another point: most people who live in high density areas, such as city centers, really have no expectation of privacy when out and about. I live in a rather dense area of Chicago (central Lakeview) and absolutely know whenever I go out that there will always be someone looking out of a window, looking up from a coffee shop window, etc. I have no expectation of privacy, unless I'm behind my own doors with my curtains drawn. I think most people who live in dense cities think likewise.
... it is illegal to own a functional gun in your own home.
and
... Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles as being the top 3 murder cities in the US, which all have completely banned concealed carry of firearms.
Are not at all the same thing. You realize this, right?
I don't know that I trust those figures for the top three, particularly if you're going on pure number of murders, which isn't at all representative of the overall percentage rate.
I find it interesting that the very first comment is moderated as "Redundant".
Since I can't get to the web page at the moment- slashdotted, I guess - I can't telle whether it's because of something mentioned on the page, or an irresponsible moderator.
My bet's on the latter.
It would be nice if moderators would, as is recommended when obtaining moderator points, concentrate on the positive, and only down-mod comments that merit such moderation.
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My site doesn't get a great amount of hits, but it IS representative of my industry.
Have your friend start a blog, then post the "article" to slashdot anonymously. Seems to regularly work.
Uh, no. Sounds like a VIOLATION of the NDAs.
Maybe then they'll get busy coding and stop whining. It's all well and good to point out that something's not open, but don't just whine about it. Do something: go find the manyfacturers willing to side with your cause. Then start another project that is more in line with your ideals. And make sure youre price comes in under the proprietary one, otherwise it's not gonna fly.
Speaking of downloads, sure, there is no sense of primetime. However, I don't really see a primetime market declining until TV is no longer the primary means of delivery. And there's still a long way to go before that happens.
Pretty much any show that's placed anywhere in primetime is aimed squarely at the 18-44 year old demographic.
Eh... I can't see like any, 80% or not. Page is dead.
Honestly, I read comments here all the time of people being rejected for posting a real tech story, yet THIS somehow gets on the page?
Slashdot has truly lost its focus.
I would think having a published API would be more important than the number of already available gadgets.
You should probably realize that this is not a recent development with the introduction of the PC to the home. Kids have always thought their parents were stupid.
The tone of your very first statement suggests that you too feel that way about your own parents.
Applied liguistics. Something that had always interested me.
After 20 years, I got out of it. Know why? System administration has become the equivalent of computer operations. The new factory line worker, in many ways. I had no desire to get into programming - sorry, but it bores me to tears.
So I went back to school and got another, unrelated degree.
I'm curious to know if my case is unusual. I am guessing that it's not all that unusual. I've said it before in another thread that I really believe humans should experience more than one field in the course of their work years.
Except this is not in any way news, fast or not. It's one person's blog, which, if you look at any of the other blog entries, are nothing more than a series of opinions of many different, unrelated things.
Parents and grandparents are not the target consumer for any mp3 device, if you think about it. They're not the ones who buy the music that drives the industry. It's teens and college-age kids.
Maybe in your dad's case he's ripping what he already owns, but I kind of doubt he's buying anywhere near the amount of music that either a teen or college kid buys.
Without decent handwriting recognition, proper conversion cannot be done, at a later date, or any other time without substantial cleanup. As I stated in my previous post, when I had tried a Tablet in my last job, I got the equivalent of digital ink smudge, which in turn produced very poor conversion to text, when it could figure it out. As you replied, it can depend on the hardware, but the sofware can't be discounted, either.
TabletPCs may be a good solution for a right-handed person, but they're slow and cumbersome for a left-handed person. The few times I tried a tablet, I would mess up any handwriting recognition with the digital version of ink smudge.
At this point in my life, I can actually type faster that I can write. And people can read it, instead of trying to read the chicken scratch I call handwriting!
As far as weight, I have a nice, light Thinkpad that, in addition to being just over 4 pounds, is built around some pretty solid hardware.
The waitresses there do it all the time :-)
"No, you don't want that. I'll get you this instead. You'll LOVE it."
So say he's done by 22-23 years old. Unless he immediately goes into business for himself, noone's going to give him a whopping salary at starting point in his career. He'll end up earning his raises just like any other person in any other business.
And to play devil's advocvate to myself: Lawyers get hired by law firms to bring in money. The chances of a young whiz-kid doing that are slim. Not impossible, but slim. Paricularly in patent law.
Drop the word lung, and things change.
PresenterNet looks to be about as cross-platform as they come, aat least from the end user's perspective. Not so much for the initial creation of the presentation. You need to have a presentation initially in Powerpoint format, which then gets converted to Flash during the upload process. Once uploaded, the presenter controls the sequence and speed of the presentation through his/her browser and the end users see a presentation within their browser.
Not free, but fairly cheap at 40 bucks a month for 25 conference attendees/unlimited amount of time.
Which kind of brings up another point: most people who live in high density areas, such as city centers, really have no expectation of privacy when out and about. I live in a rather dense area of Chicago (central Lakeview) and absolutely know whenever I go out that there will always be someone looking out of a window, looking up from a coffee shop window, etc. I have no expectation of privacy, unless I'm behind my own doors with my curtains drawn. I think most people who live in dense cities think likewise.
If you live in an urban area, you're only kidding yourself if you think noone saw you. What you probably meant was that noone cared.
and
Are not at all the same thing. You realize this, right?
I don't know that I trust those figures for the top three, particularly if you're going on pure number of murders, which isn't at all representative of the overall percentage rate.
Since I can't get to the web page at the moment- slashdotted, I guess - I can't telle whether it's because of something mentioned on the page, or an irresponsible moderator.
My bet's on the latter.
It would be nice if moderators would, as is recommended when obtaining moderator points, concentrate on the positive, and only down-mod comments that merit such moderation.
Probably too much to ask.
Now go ahead and waste a mod point on me :-)
In your case, it sounds as though you were qualified, but perhaps your resume didn't properly reflect your qualifications.
Qualifications don't just mean education. Experience is worth a lot.