The reason I'd never buy one is simply because its a Microsoft product. Microsoft have a long history of screwing their customers. I don't trust Microsoft or Ballmer especially to ever put small users interests first. Simple as that.
Dude what? Do you realise that you can get 4TB on a single relatively cheap drive these days?
I RECENTLY bought a 4 bay NAS (cost me about $250) and 4 3Tb SATA drives when they were about $120 each. so for about $750 I have a 12 TB network raid that consumes about 50W when its doing heavy I/O. Less on standby because the NAS box supports auto spindown.
Its true that to have a good work environment is nice, but the reason I go to work at all is purely for money. More == better. I suspect most think like me. For all those that dont agree, the changes are very good that they just need to be more honest with themselves.
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I not even close to being an audiophile but even I can certainly tell the difference between CD and DVD audio of the same thing. (CD being significantly worse). I'm assuming its because of the lower relative sample rate of CDs but its irrelevant, because it shows that CD's aren't that great, for whatever reason. I think you're missing the point by claiming analog isn't that accurate so therefore can't sound as good. I don't think its about accuracy, as much as the way the sytstem deals with the lack of it. The tonal 'color' that using analog technology gives to the sound is more pleasing than CD, regardless of how accurately it reproduces the original signal.
Don't think of it as a promotion. its not. As the OP identified, its a totally different skillset, therefore a totally different job.
Don't be surprised if you're used to being a great developer, and therefore well-regarded, but find out you suck at being a manager, so start losing credibility fast.
Money aside, I never understood why some developers want to become managers. Did you not choose to be a developer because thats what you like and want to do?
It may be a stupid decision to keep running an old version of IE (or to use any IE at all in the first place) but nevertheless its the right of the person who own's the PC's to decide and control what software is installed. It is not Microsoft's decision to make.
Clearly Microsoft now think its OK to mess with your installed software without your permission. Who's to say what they will do next? Silently uninstall any apps competitive to Microsoft? Delete any files the RIAA, MPAA or any other large corporate who partners with them doesn't approve of?
Section 13(a)(17) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(a)(17)) is amended to read as follows:
(17) any employee working in a computer or information technology occupation (including, but not limited to, work related to computers, information systems, components, networks, software, hardware, databases, security, internet, intranet, or websites) as an analyst, programmer, engineer, designer, developer, administrator, or other similarly skilled worker, whose primary duty isâ"
(A) the application of systems, network or database analysis techniques and procedures, including consulting with users, to determine or modify hardware, software, network, database, or system functional specifications;
(B) the design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, testing, securing, configuration, integration, debugging, modification of computer or information technology, or enabling continuity of systems and applications;
(C) directing the work of individuals performing duties described in subparagraph (A) or (B), including training such individuals or leading teams performing such duties; or
(D) a combination of duties described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), the performance of which requires the same level of skill;
who is compensated at an hourly rate of not less than $27.63 an hour or who is paid on a salary basis at a salary level as set forth by the Department of Labor in part 541 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations. An employee described in this paragraph shall be considered an employee in a professional capacity pursuant to paragraph (1).â(TM)
Wait.. you're accusing him of trolling just because he said IE is a major security hole, Which is pretty much a well known fact? So you work for Microsoft corporate or something?
So true. The company I work for recently moved office but they gave us engineers the opportunity to see some sites they were considering.
The managers were amazed when we said we preferred the crappy old site with separate ofiices rather than the shiny executive newbuild with a big open space.
Then It dawned on me the reason why they couldn't understand.
Managers spend all day doing nothing actually productive, just justifying their existence to each other verbally, so they automatically believe that any environment that promotes communication must be the best.
They are not mentally equipped to understand that anyone's productivity can be anything other than proportional to the level of communication going on around them, whereas in fact, for developers it tends to be inversely proportional.
Phone or chat don't conveniently provide you with a permanent record of what someone actually said.
Chat logs usually exist, but a chat session is not usually in as concise and readable form as an email. I'm not prepared to waste time hand-editing chat logs and making some sort of archive system so I can keep only the pertinent info.
Furthermore chats are harder to collaborate as people have to be available at the time.
There is no analog for CC with chat. Even with a multiple-person chat session, there is no mechanism to share info with people who can't attend right now.
At least at my workplace, most emails are valid and usually short so already mostly contain just the pertinent info, and most email clients already have a system of classification/archive folders.
At work we have both pidgin and email. To be honest, pidgin is hardly used.
If you're self-taught, you might think you know how to program just because you can write an app on your own that doesn't crash.
However by doing a CS degree you should gain the understanding of why your own code until now sucks, how to do it right, and how to be an effective part of a team when developing larger projects (i.e. most commercial ones).
As a hiring manager I can tell you its very easy to spot when people lie on their CVs. Its also one of the very few things that will guarantee I immediately terminate the interview.
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The reason I'd never buy one is simply because its a Microsoft product.
Microsoft have a long history of screwing their customers. I don't trust Microsoft or Ballmer especially to ever put small users interests first. Simple as that.
Dude what?
Do you realise that you can get 4TB on a single relatively cheap drive these days?
I RECENTLY bought a 4 bay NAS (cost me about $250) and 4 3Tb SATA drives when they were about $120 each. so for about $750 I have a 12 TB network raid that consumes about 50W when its doing heavy I/O. Less on standby because the NAS box supports auto spindown.
why would you assume because I use mythtv I have everything in one box? huh?
I have part of my mythtv stuff on a NAS.
Like I said, Mythtv rocks.
I use mythtv. It does pretty much everything. I love it.
The sad thing is, nearly all upper management at most companies seem to be as clueless as the CIO guy in the article.
It makes me wonder how it is that all these monkeys get upper management jobs in the first place, and worse yet, don't ever get fired.
Who keeps hiring these clueless morons and why?
Its true that to have a good work environment is nice, but the reason I go to work at all is purely for money. More == better.
I suspect most think like me. For all those that dont agree, the changes are very good that they just need to be more honest with themselves.
I not even close to being an audiophile but even I can certainly tell the difference between CD and DVD audio of the same thing. (CD being significantly worse).
I'm assuming its because of the lower relative sample rate of CDs but its irrelevant, because it shows that CD's aren't that great, for whatever reason.
I think you're missing the point by claiming analog isn't that accurate so therefore can't sound as good. I don't think its about accuracy, as much as the way the sytstem deals with the lack of it.
The tonal 'color' that using analog technology gives to the sound is more pleasing than CD, regardless of how accurately it reproduces the original signal.
Newt is already not gonna win. They should have focused on Mitt.
I think I'd rather gouge my eyes out with a spoon.
Don't think of it as a promotion. its not. As the OP identified, its a totally different skillset, therefore a totally different job.
Don't be surprised if you're used to being a great developer, and therefore well-regarded, but find out you suck at being a manager, so start losing credibility fast.
Money aside, I never understood why some developers want to become managers. Did you not choose to be a developer because thats what you like and want to do?
Saving lives is overrated. There's not exactly a shortage of humans on the planet. We are just animals too.
It may be a stupid decision to keep running an old version of IE (or to use any IE at all in the first place) but nevertheless its the right of the person who own's the PC's to decide and control what software is installed.
It is not Microsoft's decision to make.
Clearly Microsoft now think its OK to mess with your installed software without your permission. Who's to say what they will do next?
Silently uninstall any apps competitive to Microsoft?
Delete any files the RIAA, MPAA or any other large corporate who partners with them doesn't approve of?
What next? NTSB bans listening to music and people talking in cars?
Seriously, We need an end to the ridiculous nanny state. Stop judging me already guilty based on how you think I might act.
Section 13(a)(17) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(a)(17)) is amended to read as follows:
(17) any employee working in a computer or information technology occupation (including, but not limited to, work related to computers, information systems, components, networks, software, hardware, databases, security, internet, intranet, or websites) as an analyst, programmer, engineer, designer, developer, administrator, or other similarly skilled worker, whose primary duty isâ"
(A) the application of systems, network or database analysis techniques and procedures, including consulting with users, to determine or modify hardware, software, network, database, or system functional specifications;
(B) the design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, testing, securing, configuration, integration, debugging, modification of computer or information technology, or enabling continuity of systems and applications;
(C) directing the work of individuals performing duties described in subparagraph (A) or (B), including training such individuals or leading teams performing such duties; or
(D) a combination of duties described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), the performance of which requires the same level of skill;
who is compensated at an hourly rate of not less than $27.63 an hour or who is paid on a salary basis at a salary level as set forth by the Department of Labor in part 541 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations. An employee described in this paragraph shall be considered an employee in a professional capacity pursuant to paragraph (1).â(TM)
dammit appologies... stupid slashdot thresholds...
Wait.. you're accusing him of trolling just because he said IE is a major security hole, Which is pretty much a well known fact?
So you work for Microsoft corporate or something?
So true.
The company I work for recently moved office but they gave us engineers the opportunity to see some sites they were considering.
The managers were amazed when we said we preferred the crappy old site with separate ofiices rather than the shiny executive newbuild with a big open space.
Then It dawned on me the reason why they couldn't understand.
Managers spend all day doing nothing actually productive, just justifying their existence to each other verbally, so they automatically believe that any environment that promotes communication must be the best.
They are not mentally equipped to understand that anyone's productivity can be anything other than proportional to the level of communication going on around them, whereas in fact, for developers it tends to be inversely proportional.
...this is being sponsored by McDonalds.
3 of the 4 co-sponsors for the bill are republican:
Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Scott Brown [R-MA]
Michael Enzi [R-WY]
John Isakson [R-GA]
>> will erase everything including the factory servo tracks.
Wouldn't wiping the factory tracks cause the drives to no longer work?
I'd presumed the reason he was wiping them and not just destroying them with a big hammer or something was so the drives/laptops can be reused.
>>> You can buy them anywhere from $2000 and up
Wow why is a degausser so expensive? I mean they're just a big coil, right?
Phone or chat don't conveniently provide you with a permanent record of what someone actually said.
Chat logs usually exist, but a chat session is not usually in as concise and readable form as an email. I'm not prepared to waste time hand-editing chat logs and making some sort of archive system so I can keep only the pertinent info.
Furthermore chats are harder to collaborate as people have to be available at the time.
There is no analog for CC with chat. Even with a multiple-person chat session, there is no mechanism to share info with people who can't attend right now.
At least at my workplace, most emails are valid and usually short so already mostly contain just the pertinent info, and most email clients already have a system of classification/archive folders.
At work we have both pidgin and email. To be honest, pidgin is hardly used.
You'd probably call me an 'older' adult. Preserving full picture quality definitely (still) matters to me.
No, I don't work at Google. I work in aerospace.
If you're self-taught, you might think you know how to program just because you can write an app on your own that doesn't crash.
However by doing a CS degree you should gain the understanding of why your own code until now sucks, how to do it right, and how to be an effective part of a team when developing larger projects (i.e. most commercial ones).
As a hiring manager I can tell you its very easy to spot when people lie on their CVs. Its also one of the very few things that will guarantee I immediately terminate the interview.