Mod parent up. This is pretty much the only reason I can't stand to use FireFox. I'll put up with Safari's memory leak rather than not be able to use up, down, and shift-up in FireFox. I use FireFox when I use Windows or Linux, but on my Mac, I use Safari.
That's exactly how I am. There's no such thing as a snooze bar I can't hit in my sleep. I have 3 alarms, all out of reach from my bed, and each on a separate wall of my room. They're staggered to go off every 3 minutes. The instant one goes off, I jump out of bed, hit snooze (or sometimes actually turn it off completely), and get back in bed. I don't realize I'm doing this, but I do it almost every day. I've tried putting my alarms in hard to get into boxes, but that doesn't work either. In high school, I once put my alarm in a plastic box and used a whole roll of tape to tape it shut. I tested it to make sure I couldn't just pull it apart, and that I would have to take off each piece of tape. The next morning, when the alarm went off, I rolled over, picked up the box, ripped it open, and hit snooze. I didn't even wake up. lol
Customer support representatives rarely know enough about how computers work to properly answer questions like that. If they were, they'd probably be working in a position where they repair such problems instead of fielding calls. Yes, there are some that are qualified, but normally companies will just take anyone willing to answer phones for $8 an hour and train them how to answer phones. I think many people don't know that data can become corrupt, and that anyone saying the data is wrong is trying to tell them the computer is lying. Computers don't lie, so the customer must be at fault.
At 20 inches, it doesn't need to be 1080p. You couldn't tell the difference if it was, so it really doesn't matter. But at 1280x768, the resolution is too low for it to sell as a desktop monitor. I realize they are different markets, but they do use the same technologies. In response to the great grandparent, I too have been hearing "coming soon" forever. I remember reading about it in Discover Magazine in 1999, promising "roll up" displays within a few years.
I hate zipping pictures. I like people to be able to see them right in the message:p I do zip other files though, mostly out of habit due to my experience a reaaaaly long time ago trying to send a Macintosh file (resource fork was lost).
One of the main things I don't like about web mail is I've not seen one that lets me just drag a file or picture right into the message pane. If I want to email 8 pictures to someone, I normally have to click "add file," locate it, then do that 8 times (and many make me upload them one at a time as well, so that takes even longer). Another thing is the ability to get all 5 of my email accounts at once, instead of having to log into 5 different web pages.
Do you think everyone runs out and buys the newest iPod as soon as it's released? There are tons of people out there with 4GB Minis, and 10-20GB 2G and 3G iPods that this would actually be a storage upgrade for, not to mention reliability improvement and increased battery life. All of the models I mentioned have hard drive based storage, which is by far the most likely component to go bad due to it having moving parts. It also means you can't really jog with these models due to skipping. I suppose you also can't skip with one of them due to jogging. 8GB Compact Flash cards are under $75, and $16GB cards are just over $200 and dropping fast. I'd consider replacing my 10GB iPod's drive with an 8GB flash drive if I used it for jogging or wanted longer battery life (I only use it in my car).
What's the boss going to say? I can't use my own equipment? Probably. Most companies I've worked with don't like people bringing in their own stuff, at least not electronic or computer equipment. My first job was in an art department, since I was new, and only 18, they put me on the oldest computer - a Macintosh Quadra 700 (which used a 25MHz 68040). The computer was ridiculously slow, and I was using something more than 10 times faster at home. I asked my boss if I could bring in my old computer since it was still several times faster than the Quadra, but he wouldn't let me. It didn't matter that I would be more productive.
For a few months in college, I had a room mate who was a paleontology major. He didn't believe that they lives millions of years ago. He also didn't think humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time. He thought that God put the fossils there.
In other words, make it an iPod? If MS really wants it to be an iPod killer, it has to beat it in every area, not match it. I think the WiFi was a good idea, but it doesn't have the sexiness or ease of use of the iPod.
He fails to recognize it doesn't matter what Apple does, it has a fan base that will buy anything it produces, whether it works or not. I guarantee you it will express exactly who you are, and that's what matters! I think he does recognize this. Dvorak has been an Apple hater at least since 1994 or so, when he had a column in MacUser magazine (always anti-Apple). He knows that Apple fans will get angered by the negative things he says. If he said things like "I think the iPhone will be great," people wouldn't post his stuff on Slashdot. He knows his trolling will get publicity.
You have a rational post, but while I agree that the parent is flame bait, I don't agree that the 10 commandments, or any other religious text belongs in the court room. Yes, some of the commandments are actual laws, but most of them aren't, and many of them go against the "separation of church and state" thing, such as not worshiping other gods, and keeping the sabbath holy. Others, while good moral guidelines, are not laws. If they want to put up a poster or big granite monument of 10 actual laws, that's fine. They shouldn't post the 10 commandments though. Not everyone in the country is Christian.
1st ad: Linux has been a viable alternative for quite some time. Being an alternative doesn't really give any incentive to switch. They need to show what's better about it.
2nd ad: Linux changes to suit the times. There's no waiting around for years for a new version. Constant upgrades aren't always a good thing. Major upgrades normally mean having to relearn interfaces. Updates are a different matter, and MS and Apple both provide updates quite regularly.
3rd ad: Linux can do the things that Mac and Windows can. And can do it on any hardware. Again this doesn't give any incentive to switch. If it only does the things Windows and MacOS can do, why not just keep using what you have? They need to show something that the others can't do, or can't do easily. As for running on any hardware, while the basic install might work, drivers are a different story. Windows drivers are pretty much guaranteed for any hardware. With Linux you could have problems with video, network, audio, and other drivers (I had to do a lot of hacking to get my video and audio drivers working in Ubuntu).
Seems like it would be a better process to work in your desired field for a few years, then go for the degree. I originally dropped out of college, and worked a few jobs somewhat in my field, but when I wanted to move into anything more, I always got responses like "while your resume shows a lot of the experience we're looking for, you don't have a degree." I wouldn't even get interviews most of the time, just because I didn't have a piece of paper that said I know how to learn. It didn't matter that I had 2-3 times the experience they were looking for. So I decided to go back to school. Now that I'm more mature, and more experienced, I think I'm getting more out of school than I would have if I had stayed in the first time around.
If there are 70,400 nozzles, and 1600 nozzles per inch in a line 8" wide, there must be 5 or 6 rows of them. The article shows a picture of the nozzles arranged in multiple rows.
It was actually "fixed." I don't feel like trying to find the patch note, but Blizzard said that the former long range of inspect was a bug, and the recent patch fixed it. You used to be able to inspect by typing/inspect at a farther range than the menu would let you inspect. Now they are the same. I still think they should go back to the old way. I never understood why they made it so once you inspect someone, the window should ever close unless you close it (or that mousing over items should simply say "Head" or "Legs" instead of the actual item info).
PBS is one of my favorite channels, as well as one of the first to start broadcasting in digital (and in HD). Also, while I don't watch them, many people watch shows on NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, etc.
My guess is when they lower the price of the console in the US, this will be the machine they are selling here as well. It definitely lowers the chance of me getting one any time soon, because I don't have room for two consoles, and for a while at least, more of my games will be PS2, specifically FFXII for now. I also occasionally like to go back and play RPGs again. Hopefully the number of games that won't work is very small.
PIC microcontrollers are great. I don't know why some people here knock them. They may not be the most advanced chip available, but they are very widely used, so anything a new student learns is likely to be useful later on. Last semester part of my co-op work was researching the possibilities of designing a new course around the PIC. So I got a PIC book, taught myself Assembly, and in just a couple days, I was creating useful circuits using the PIC. One of my favorite features, which wasn't available in some of the competitors' software, was that you can debug code completely in software, without needing a hardware debugger. This would allow students to work on their programs at home (using the free software) without the need to buy a debugger or programmer.
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Mod parent up. This is pretty much the only reason I can't stand to use FireFox. I'll put up with Safari's memory leak rather than not be able to use up, down, and shift-up in FireFox. I use FireFox when I use Windows or Linux, but on my Mac, I use Safari.
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That's exactly how I am. There's no such thing as a snooze bar I can't hit in my sleep. I have 3 alarms, all out of reach from my bed, and each on a separate wall of my room. They're staggered to go off every 3 minutes. The instant one goes off, I jump out of bed, hit snooze (or sometimes actually turn it off completely), and get back in bed. I don't realize I'm doing this, but I do it almost every day. I've tried putting my alarms in hard to get into boxes, but that doesn't work either. In high school, I once put my alarm in a plastic box and used a whole roll of tape to tape it shut. I tested it to make sure I couldn't just pull it apart, and that I would have to take off each piece of tape. The next morning, when the alarm went off, I rolled over, picked up the box, ripped it open, and hit snooze. I didn't even wake up. lol
Customer support representatives rarely know enough about how computers work to properly answer questions like that. If they were, they'd probably be working in a position where they repair such problems instead of fielding calls. Yes, there are some that are qualified, but normally companies will just take anyone willing to answer phones for $8 an hour and train them how to answer phones. I think many people don't know that data can become corrupt, and that anyone saying the data is wrong is trying to tell them the computer is lying. Computers don't lie, so the customer must be at fault.
I hate zipping pictures. I like people to be able to see them right in the message :p I do zip other files though, mostly out of habit due to my experience a reaaaaly long time ago trying to send a Macintosh file (resource fork was lost).
One of the main things I don't like about web mail is I've not seen one that lets me just drag a file or picture right into the message pane. If I want to email 8 pictures to someone, I normally have to click "add file," locate it, then do that 8 times (and many make me upload them one at a time as well, so that takes even longer). Another thing is the ability to get all 5 of my email accounts at once, instead of having to log into 5 different web pages.
Do you think everyone runs out and buys the newest iPod as soon as it's released? There are tons of people out there with 4GB Minis, and 10-20GB 2G and 3G iPods that this would actually be a storage upgrade for, not to mention reliability improvement and increased battery life. All of the models I mentioned have hard drive based storage, which is by far the most likely component to go bad due to it having moving parts. It also means you can't really jog with these models due to skipping. I suppose you also can't skip with one of them due to jogging. 8GB Compact Flash cards are under $75, and $16GB cards are just over $200 and dropping fast. I'd consider replacing my 10GB iPod's drive with an 8GB flash drive if I used it for jogging or wanted longer battery life (I only use it in my car).
Would it have been so hard to mention the age in the summary? You made me RTFA! :(
For a few months in college, I had a room mate who was a paleontology major. He didn't believe that they lives millions of years ago. He also didn't think humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time. He thought that God put the fossils there.
In other words, make it an iPod? If MS really wants it to be an iPod killer, it has to beat it in every area, not match it. I think the WiFi was a good idea, but it doesn't have the sexiness or ease of use of the iPod.
Do you really want your doctor to suck your brain out through a straw? Is that what a CosmeticLobotomy is?
The poster has a BS and MS. The person in question has yet to graduate from high school.
You have a rational post, but while I agree that the parent is flame bait, I don't agree that the 10 commandments, or any other religious text belongs in the court room. Yes, some of the commandments are actual laws, but most of them aren't, and many of them go against the "separation of church and state" thing, such as not worshiping other gods, and keeping the sabbath holy. Others, while good moral guidelines, are not laws. If they want to put up a poster or big granite monument of 10 actual laws, that's fine. They shouldn't post the 10 commandments though. Not everyone in the country is Christian.
If there are 70,400 nozzles, and 1600 nozzles per inch in a line 8" wide, there must be 5 or 6 rows of them. The article shows a picture of the nozzles arranged in multiple rows.
It was actually "fixed." I don't feel like trying to find the patch note, but Blizzard said that the former long range of inspect was a bug, and the recent patch fixed it. You used to be able to inspect by typing /inspect at a farther range than the menu would let you inspect. Now they are the same. I still think they should go back to the old way. I never understood why they made it so once you inspect someone, the window should ever close unless you close it (or that mousing over items should simply say "Head" or "Legs" instead of the actual item info).
I love it when people who don't have a job have nothing better to do than bash those who do.
PBS is one of my favorite channels, as well as one of the first to start broadcasting in digital (and in HD). Also, while I don't watch them, many people watch shows on NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, etc.
My guess is when they lower the price of the console in the US, this will be the machine they are selling here as well. It definitely lowers the chance of me getting one any time soon, because I don't have room for two consoles, and for a while at least, more of my games will be PS2, specifically FFXII for now. I also occasionally like to go back and play RPGs again. Hopefully the number of games that won't work is very small.
PIC microcontrollers are great. I don't know why some people here knock them. They may not be the most advanced chip available, but they are very widely used, so anything a new student learns is likely to be useful later on. Last semester part of my co-op work was researching the possibilities of designing a new course around the PIC. So I got a PIC book, taught myself Assembly, and in just a couple days, I was creating useful circuits using the PIC. One of my favorite features, which wasn't available in some of the competitors' software, was that you can debug code completely in software, without needing a hardware debugger. This would allow students to work on their programs at home (using the free software) without the need to buy a debugger or programmer.