But that same someone from the 20s would probably be surprised that his horseless carriage can now run off from corn oil. And doesn't have a carburator. And can tell you where you are going. And tell you when it's time for a tuneup.
Not to even mention al the medical technical innovations that have come along. Another person's heart in someone else?!? Impossible, he would say. Twenty years ago that was a VERY (as opposed to today's very) risky operation. Yet it's a common operation now. If I were from the twenties and transplanted in the here-and-now, medicine is what would blow my mind.
I would love to have my Zaurus connected wirelessly, maybe with an external keyboard, but probably not necessary. Most of what I would probably do online is check/respond to email, some light surfing.
It would be a strange person who chose a bank based on which browsers it supported. Perhaps, all things being equal, it could be a deciding factor, but in the UK at least there are usually enough differences between banks, and the services they offer, to make browser support a little irrelevant.
Well, I do all my banking online. All of it, from transferring money to paying bills. You don't think browser support would be a big issue for me?
And truthfully, I live in a large enough city in the US (Chicago) that it would be unlikely that I couldn't find a bank that offers all the services I want/need without having to stipulate which browser I used.
I don't understand this attitude of just blindly accepting what's handed to you. YOU define what you need, not the other way around. And if a business can't provide what you need, you go elsewhwere.
But pretending that they'll fix all your problems isn't really an appropriate response either.
I understand you don't have a choice of providers (if you really looked, you do have a choice - it just may not be cheaper. It doesn't have to be cable either. It could be sat.), but in my case, when I left SBC for Speakeasy, I made sure they knew why I was leaving them. And I let them know I was willing to pay a higher price to be treated correctly. I also told them that I would not recommend them to other people. They consistently did nothing but read scripts, after waiting on hold for as much as an hour. And when I would try and tell them that I'd already tried what they were reading, they'd just start the script from the top again.
Sorry, but when you let them insult your intelligence, they think they can insult everyone's intelligence.
You would do well to assert yourself a bit. It's the only way they will acknowledge their deficiencies and improve their service. Otherwise, they'll continue to believe that we're all apologetic idiots and think they're doing a marvelous job.
I don't know... About a year ago I bought an HP Pavilion DV1000 series notebook. For the life of me, I couldn't get any version of SUSE (well, 9.1 through 10.0, most recently) to run on it. I popped in Ubuntu 5.10 and everything just worked. Network, proper video resolution, etc.
I've not tried SUSE 10.1 on it, because I've been pretty impressed with Ubuntu, but I have put SUSE 10.1 on a Thinkpad R51 and eveyrthing worked fine on that.
There's an antique kitchen appliance/gadget store in SF where I once saw an old (maybe from the late 40s) toaster that was transparent. The sides were made of glass. The bread wasn't put into a slit on top, but in one of the narrow sides. It had a moving belt that carried the toasting bread from one end of the toaster to the other end, and you could watch it toast as it moved. The toast came out on the other narrow side.
Picasa for Linux isn't open source; it uses a carefully tested version of Wine to run the current Windows version of Picasa. Wine itself is an open-source implementation of the Windows API. It runs on top of the X Window System and Linux or Unix.
That being said, astronomical housing prices are probably dampening this argument a bit, but not much. We're all still here; just grumbling more about the prices.
I don't know about that. A lot of us who've spent most of our adult lives have moved elsewhere (Chicago, in my case) and have discovered that it really doesn; t matter where you live anymore.
Aside from there being great universities all across the country, that really is the power of the internet.
Your argument about the climate is valid, but there are plenty of year-round warm places to live in the US that have a) good universities and b) plenty of culture, not to mention quality of life, for a fraction of the cost in the bay area.
And, don't forget, we're a MUCH more mobile society than when the Silicon Valley took root.
Do the editors even look at submissions any more?
I'm afraid they do. I think the problem is that they're not as skilled in writing english as they are in writing PERL.
Then maybe the good folks OSTG should consider hiring people appropriate for the jobs they're supposed to do.
Honestly, I suck at PERL as well - I would never consider writing something in it, put it up for all to see and not expect to get torn to shreds by people who actually do know PERL, especially if I were getting paid to do so.
If English is a second language for the submitter, fine. But good grief, do you suppose one of the PAID editors could have done just a bit of work to make the summary more readable?
Depending on the state, the statutory limit in small claims could be as high as 5 grand. For the cost of a plane ticket, I'd much rather take that, than complain that lawyer fees are more than any settlement. Recoup what you can. You're running a business.
Frankly, I'd be surprised he would have been able to get away with that, given the troubles the Republican party gave him throughout both his terms. You'd think it would have been all over the news, trumping the whole Monica Lewinsky thing. And a much better reason to impeach him.
All this does is benefit Novell, and once companies write up their drivers, where are the rest of us that use real Linux left?
Of course this benefits Novell. They have a business to run. But just because you're upset another distro might not benefit from this, it's rather unfair to say that SUSE isn't "real" Linux, isn't it? Aside from proprietary drivers (and there aren't many - I'm not using any in my case), all source is included in the distribution.
Now that I'm self employed, I don't make any more than I did before. In fact, when you take the "self-employment tax" into account, I make less. I've traded my security in exchange for ownership in what I do. Now that my security is gone, I'm interested in what other people are doing to safeguard themselves. I'm hoping I (and others) can learn something from this thread to increase quality of living without sacrificing security.
I'm also self-employed. You budget just as you would if you were employed by any corporation. You sock away what you can every month. So it's not a paycheck every two weeks. You still live on a monthly budget, don't you? Put away what you can above your monthly budget. Once you have a few grand in savings (not checking), look into CDs or other forms of investments. Just as you would if you were employed by someone else. You were doing that, right?
Really, I don't understand why you're asking. The parent may have been flippant, but what are you looking for? Validation of your self-employment?
I don't even really look at Yahoo as a search engine anymore. Back when I had SBC as my internet provider, they were the content provider of choice for SBC. I suppose that's when my view of them started to change.
Other things like Launchcast, albeit Windows-only, only reinforce that view.
Obviously there's a search engine behind it to bring it all together, but I honestly see them as more a content provider.
Slashdot Mirror
Sigh.
Not to even mention al the medical technical innovations that have come along. Another person's heart in someone else?!? Impossible, he would say. Twenty years ago that was a VERY (as opposed to today's very) risky operation. Yet it's a common operation now. If I were from the twenties and transplanted in the here-and-now, medicine is what would blow my mind.
It was nasty. Particularly coming from a UNIX background, MPE/iX just seemed ass-backwards.
That reply is as annoying as the original whine.
Not everybody is a coder, much less for a product that is "shipping".
Piratbyrån is a different organization (lobbying org.), albeit with similar goals.
I would love to have my Zaurus connected wirelessly, maybe with an external keyboard, but probably not necessary. Most of what I would probably do online is check/respond to email, some light surfing.
There is always Southwest, I suppose, but I like them for different reasons.
Well, I do all my banking online. All of it, from transferring money to paying bills. You don't think browser support would be a big issue for me?
And truthfully, I live in a large enough city in the US (Chicago) that it would be unlikely that I couldn't find a bank that offers all the services I want/need without having to stipulate which browser I used.
I don't understand this attitude of just blindly accepting what's handed to you. YOU define what you need, not the other way around. And if a business can't provide what you need, you go elsewhwere.
But pretending that they'll fix all your problems isn't really an appropriate response either.
I understand you don't have a choice of providers (if you really looked, you do have a choice - it just may not be cheaper. It doesn't have to be cable either. It could be sat.), but in my case, when I left SBC for Speakeasy, I made sure they knew why I was leaving them. And I let them know I was willing to pay a higher price to be treated correctly. I also told them that I would not recommend them to other people. They consistently did nothing but read scripts, after waiting on hold for as much as an hour. And when I would try and tell them that I'd already tried what they were reading, they'd just start the script from the top again.
Sorry, but when you let them insult your intelligence, they think they can insult everyone's intelligence.
You would do well to assert yourself a bit. It's the only way they will acknowledge their deficiencies and improve their service. Otherwise, they'll continue to believe that we're all apologetic idiots and think they're doing a marvelous job.
I've not tried SUSE 10.1 on it, because I've been pretty impressed with Ubuntu, but I have put SUSE 10.1 on a Thinkpad R51 and eveyrthing worked fine on that.
Try travel often with something that heavy (and by often, I mean as part of your job). It gets old, quickly.
Oh, the irony.
There's an antique kitchen appliance/gadget store in SF where I once saw an old (maybe from the late 40s) toaster that was transparent. The sides were made of glass. The bread wasn't put into a slit on top, but in one of the narrow sides. It had a moving belt that carried the toasting bread from one end of the toaster to the other end, and you could watch it toast as it moved. The toast came out on the other narrow side.
I don't know about that. A lot of us who've spent most of our adult lives have moved elsewhere (Chicago, in my case) and have discovered that it really doesn; t matter where you live anymore.
Aside from there being great universities all across the country, that really is the power of the internet.
Your argument about the climate is valid, but there are plenty of year-round warm places to live in the US that have a) good universities and b) plenty of culture, not to mention quality of life, for a fraction of the cost in the bay area.
And, don't forget, we're a MUCH more mobile society than when the Silicon Valley took root.
I prefer Rorex watches myself.
Then maybe the good folks OSTG should consider hiring people appropriate for the jobs they're supposed to do.
Honestly, I suck at PERL as well - I would never consider writing something in it, put it up for all to see and not expect to get torn to shreds by people who actually do know PERL, especially if I were getting paid to do so.
If English is a second language for the submitter, fine. But good grief, do you suppose one of the PAID editors could have done just a bit of work to make the summary more readable?
Depending on the state, the statutory limit in small claims could be as high as 5 grand. For the cost of a plane ticket, I'd much rather take that, than complain that lawyer fees are more than any settlement. Recoup what you can. You're running a business.
Frankly, I'd be surprised he would have been able to get away with that, given the troubles the Republican party gave him throughout both his terms. You'd think it would have been all over the news, trumping the whole Monica Lewinsky thing. And a much better reason to impeach him.
Of course this benefits Novell. They have a business to run. But just because you're upset another distro might not benefit from this, it's rather unfair to say that SUSE isn't "real" Linux, isn't it? Aside from proprietary drivers (and there aren't many - I'm not using any in my case), all source is included in the distribution.
Seriously, take a look at everything they sell. They're still doing fine, and will continue to do so, I suspect.
I'm also self-employed. You budget just as you would if you were employed by any corporation. You sock away what you can every month. So it's not a paycheck every two weeks. You still live on a monthly budget, don't you? Put away what you can above your monthly budget. Once you have a few grand in savings (not checking), look into CDs or other forms of investments. Just as you would if you were employed by someone else. You were doing that, right?
Really, I don't understand why you're asking. The parent may have been flippant, but what are you looking for? Validation of your self-employment?
Other things like Launchcast, albeit Windows-only, only reinforce that view.
Obviously there's a search engine behind it to bring it all together, but I honestly see them as more a content provider.