We could simply replace some of the electronic drive-by-wire systems with traditional mechanical ones. There problem solved. Don't need any fancy electrical error checking and less complicated systems=easier to fix.
Also, spending time outside in the elements will build your immune system and you won't end up with all those allergies all the kids are suffering from today because they are protected indoors not building up their immune system.
Sometimes when on break, I boot a live Ubuntu distro. It runs in memory. I set the networking in Firefox to use the default proxy, load flashplayer from Adobe, and enjoy the break with tabs and no worries. Some who think they are stuck with IE simply don't know they have an option.
IE 6 at work badly scrambles Slashdot pages with text running over text. I use Firefox to check my user page and see replies. The page is unusable in the corporate IE 6 default browser.
As an intern (QA Tester) at a company which runs MS products exclusively I was forced to use IE6 (newer machines w/Vista got IE7). I did my testing and work related activities in IE6 and on break did personal browsing activities using FirefoxPortable (on local HDD since USB port was slow). When my internship was over I deleted FirefoxPortable and all was good. Much better than booting a livecd to do some browsing.
[quote] Somehow, many students have the illusion that a degree will bring them to the top automagically. It doesn't work that way. Getting a degree is a good step forward... If they work hard in the university and actually learn. Then they will have to start 3 (or 5) years later in the job market, meaning they will lack many important skills no university teaches and therefor earn less. Even if they learn quickly it takes years to catch up (both in attractiveness on the job market and salary) with those that got into the same field without an university education.
This is true in most fields (including Engineering), but especially true in business administration and management.
The true value of the university education comes after a few years, because many companies have internal rules about giving priority to educated workers. Often there is a hard celing on how far you can get without a master, and it's not unusual for people to go back and get a MBA not only because they need the skills, but also because they need the diploma to continue their career. Some companies even pays for those MBA's to their management. [/quote]
I agree...
I'm 23 and attending a 2 year associates college while working fulltime, and sometimes attending class fulltime with no job. I have also gone to a 4 year college in upstate NY (depressing) but never finished. I intend to finish my 2 year associates degree. Since I've built up my resume while at school I know that I stand a better chance at getting a career. However, I'm well aware that it is no guarantee. I would certainly not sue either as it only makes you look real bad in the face of future employers and others who may matter. This chick reminds me of some people I've seen attending college who think a job is guaranteed after graduation. The way the colleges speak to you during orientation and tours it seems as though jobs are guaranteed. They speak of all those statistics of people who didn't go to college and work vs college graduates who work and how quickly they find the jobs they want. Yes, a college degree is great to have but without the motive to seek out jobs yourself your pretty much on your own.
I'm 23 years old and learned to write cursive. But when I started to use computers my usage of cursive began to decline and as a result became bad enough to avoid using it all together. Its just so much easier to type things on the computer like many others I know do. When I do write I utilize print writing.
I do not like Microsoft and its business practices. I do not think forcing them to bundle competing browsers in the OS and having the user choose which one to use is right. At first I was excited to see another case against them but then you have Distributions with Mozilla Firefox bundled. What are you going to force distributions such as Ubuntu to include Opera? I think Firefox is making some great gains in its userbase. In a few years we may see Mozilla with 50% market share?
Yeah, I agree it is stable. I am using 8.10 now and have one issue I never had before. That is the fact that I can't save my session so my old windows pop up when I log on. From google searching I found it is a well known bug with no known work around. So annoying!!!
I agree with many of the posters here. I too drive in bad weather on short and long trips. I drive a manual transmission. I don't answer the phone because I know I'll be distracted from driving well. I do answer the phone sometimes though. That is only when I'm on the highway and there exists VERY light traffic on a sunny nice day. Otherwise if it is a very important call I will try and pull over. If I can't pull over well then that is too bad I will not answer it. That is what the voicemail is for. The radio is not distracting to me. I have my stations preset and know how to switch channels without looking down at all to change anything. Driving is no game...
I agree with you. I'm currently 22 years old and in my second year at a 4 year school attempting to pursue my degree in CS at a US school. Just to throw it out there I am American. When I left high school I attended a few college courses at my local 2 year community college while working at as a Computer technician at a retail outlet. I also worked a variety of other odd jobs. I can confidently say that I learned some invaluable skills while in the field and made some good connections that I otherwise would not have if I just went directly to college. Right now I'm at a crossroads in my college experience. I'm not sure if I want to stay here and finish my degree (My gut says its a waste) or finish my degree at a community college and get some other certifications for a job in IT. In my experience I have discovered that there are lots of businesses that seek people with a college degree. They advertise it in their ads that they want degrees but if you have the experience and show that you are willing to learn and be very interested in the job you will probably get the job.
Agreed. I have used the Ubuntu-server edition and I just plain dislike it. I know what I am doing and just plain old Debian works great for me. Nice and stable. On the flip side Ubuntu Desktop is real nice for beginners and others. I have been going back and forth between Gentoo Linux (used for 3 years) and Ubuntu (used for about a year). For me I've decided Ubuntu for desktop and Debian for my servers. Gentoo just requires me to spend to much time fiddling with config files and way to much time to compile shit. I have other priorities that need to get done before messing with Gentoo. Ubuntu allows me to just get shit done.
hmm, for me I think I'll wait a month or so before I go and upgrade. Looks good. I'm a KDE user. Used Ubuntu + Gnome for a while but went back to Gentoo + KDE. I'm happy with KDE and appreciate their efforts.
This text is NOT the same text as what was compiled during the Council of Nicaea in 325. Nor is it the same as the Vatican bible. It is a third text written/compiled between 330-350. T
Multiplayer games like Battlefield 2 require that you have your disc in the drive before it starts up. It is pointless because if you did pirate it chances are you can't play it online (invalid/inuse key) and offline play sucks. NO-CD cracks don't work either and results in PunkBuster kicks. The BF2 Mini Disc + Daemon Tools allows me to boot the game without the disc in drive. Works like a charm. Never got kicked either.
That's great. I don't get why ubuntu needs to release a new "distro" for every single configuration.
Because it's easy for end users. And that's what should count. One reason Ubuntu is so popular is that they understand this. Yep. I agree with you on that one. I use Ubuntu on my desktop and Debian on my servers. Before using Ubuntu I was a long time Gentoo user. I will go back to Gentoo soon because I like the way it did certain things like not using a GUI Desktop Manger. I prefer Gentoo over Ubuntu. I tried out Ubuntu starting with version 6.10 to see how easy it was to use for a beginner user that has little to no experience with Linux distributions. Now I can safely say to a person interested in getting their feet wet with Linux to try using Ubuntu. Overall I enjoyed the experience with Ubuntu.
I have clicked on Google ads when I search. I have also clicked on the single text ads in Gmail. Its quite rare I actually buy the product though. Most of the time I don't click on any of those ads. I only browse the web with Adblock Plus and noscript in Firefox. At the minimum I use Adblock Plus.
When I worked for my high school's tech department I was there for a major machine upgrade. The old machines were loaded onto old empty bus's and then the machines were dumped in a huge metal dumpster. I took advantage of the parts before they even got to the dumpster. Got a bunch of harddrives and one monitor. This is when my boss's allowed me to do that. Then I was told you can't take them. Was annoying to see them just being dumped. Perfectly good harddrives in the range of 20GB-40GB IDE drives within them. The machines themselves were pretty crappy gray Dell's (forgot exact models...)
Slashdot Mirror
it looks as though a zombie is driving the car.
In 2025... Chrome 360 released!
We could simply replace some of the electronic drive-by-wire systems with traditional mechanical ones. There problem solved. Don't need any fancy electrical error checking and less complicated systems=easier to fix.
Also, spending time outside in the elements will build your immune system and you won't end up with all those allergies all the kids are suffering from today because they are protected indoors not building up their immune system.
Sometimes when on break, I boot a live Ubuntu distro. It runs in memory. I set the networking in Firefox to use the default proxy, load flashplayer from Adobe, and enjoy the break with tabs and no worries. Some who think they are stuck with IE simply don't know they have an option.
IE 6 at work badly scrambles Slashdot pages with text running over text. I use Firefox to check my user page and see replies. The page is unusable in the corporate IE 6 default browser.
As an intern (QA Tester) at a company which runs MS products exclusively I was forced to use IE6 (newer machines w/Vista got IE7). I did my testing and work related activities in IE6 and on break did personal browsing activities using FirefoxPortable (on local HDD since USB port was slow). When my internship was over I deleted FirefoxPortable and all was good. Much better than booting a livecd to do some browsing.
Just my 2 cents...
[quote]
Somehow, many students have the illusion that a degree will bring them to the top automagically. It doesn't work that way. Getting a degree is a good step forward... If they work hard in the university and actually learn. Then they will have to start 3 (or 5) years later in the job market, meaning they will lack many important skills no university teaches and therefor earn less. Even if they learn quickly it takes years to catch up (both in attractiveness on the job market and salary) with those that got into the same field without an university education.
This is true in most fields (including Engineering), but especially true in business administration and management.
The true value of the university education comes after a few years, because many companies have internal rules about giving priority to educated workers. Often there is a hard celing on how far you can get without a master, and it's not unusual for people to go back and get a MBA not only because they need the skills, but also because they need the diploma to continue their career. Some companies even pays for those MBA's to their management.
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I agree...
I'm 23 and attending a 2 year associates college while working fulltime, and sometimes attending class fulltime with no job. I have also gone to a 4 year college in upstate NY (depressing) but never finished. I intend to finish my 2 year associates degree. Since I've built up my resume while at school I know that I stand a better chance at getting a career. However, I'm well aware that it is no guarantee. I would certainly not sue either as it only makes you look real bad in the face of future employers and others who may matter. This chick reminds me of some people I've seen attending college who think a job is guaranteed after graduation. The way the colleges speak to you during orientation and tours it seems as though jobs are guaranteed. They speak of all those statistics of people who didn't go to college and work vs college graduates who work and how quickly they find the jobs they want. Yes, a college degree is great to have but without the motive to seek out jobs yourself your pretty much on your own.
I'm 23 years old and learned to write cursive. But when I started to use computers my usage of cursive began to decline and as a result became bad enough to avoid using it all together. Its just so much easier to type things on the computer like many others I know do. When I do write I utilize print writing.
Hallowed are the Microsoft
I'll drink to that!
I do not like Microsoft and its business practices. I do not think forcing them to bundle competing browsers in the OS and having the user choose which one to use is right. At first I was excited to see another case against them but then you have Distributions with Mozilla Firefox bundled. What are you going to force distributions such as Ubuntu to include Opera? I think Firefox is making some great gains in its userbase. In a few years we may see Mozilla with 50% market share?
I for one like the brown color scheme.
Yeah, I agree it is stable. I am using 8.10 now and have one issue I never had before. That is the fact that I can't save my session so my old windows pop up when I log on. From google searching I found it is a well known bug with no known work around. So annoying!!!
I agree with many of the posters here. I too drive in bad weather on short and long trips. I drive a manual transmission. I don't answer the phone because I know I'll be distracted from driving well. I do answer the phone sometimes though. That is only when I'm on the highway and there exists VERY light traffic on a sunny nice day. Otherwise if it is a very important call I will try and pull over. If I can't pull over well then that is too bad I will not answer it. That is what the voicemail is for. The radio is not distracting to me. I have my stations preset and know how to switch channels without looking down at all to change anything. Driving is no game...
I agree with you. I'm currently 22 years old and in my second year at a 4 year school attempting to pursue my degree in CS at a US school. Just to throw it out there I am American. When I left high school I attended a few college courses at my local 2 year community college while working at as a Computer technician at a retail outlet. I also worked a variety of other odd jobs. I can confidently say that I learned some invaluable skills while in the field and made some good connections that I otherwise would not have if I just went directly to college. Right now I'm at a crossroads in my college experience. I'm not sure if I want to stay here and finish my degree (My gut says its a waste) or finish my degree at a community college and get some other certifications for a job in IT. In my experience I have discovered that there are lots of businesses that seek people with a college degree. They advertise it in their ads that they want degrees but if you have the experience and show that you are willing to learn and be very interested in the job you will probably get the job.
Agreed. I have used the Ubuntu-server edition and I just plain dislike it. I know what I am doing and just plain old Debian works great for me. Nice and stable. On the flip side Ubuntu Desktop is real nice for beginners and others. I have been going back and forth between Gentoo Linux (used for 3 years) and Ubuntu (used for about a year). For me I've decided Ubuntu for desktop and Debian for my servers. Gentoo just requires me to spend to much time fiddling with config files and way to much time to compile shit. I have other priorities that need to get done before messing with Gentoo. Ubuntu allows me to just get shit done.
and remember its TomTom not ScottScott
hmm, for me I think I'll wait a month or so before I go and upgrade. Looks good. I'm a KDE user. Used Ubuntu + Gnome for a while but went back to Gentoo + KDE. I'm happy with KDE and appreciate their efforts.
This text is NOT the same text as what was compiled during the Council of Nicaea in 325. Nor is it the same as the Vatican bible. It is a third text written/compiled between 330-350. T
Good time good times.
Sounds a lot like FOSS. I bet the confusion is intentional, probably a MS/Y! conspiracy to attack Open Source.
So does this BOSS (BGI Over SDL Subsystem):... BOSS
:-D
Multiplayer games like Battlefield 2 require that you have your disc in the drive before it starts up. It is pointless because if you did pirate it chances are you can't play it online (invalid/inuse key) and offline play sucks. NO-CD cracks don't work either and results in PunkBuster kicks. The BF2 Mini Disc + Daemon Tools allows me to boot the game without the disc in drive. Works like a charm. Never got kicked either.
I have clicked on Google ads when I search. I have also clicked on the single text ads in Gmail. Its quite rare I actually buy the product though. Most of the time I don't click on any of those ads. I only browse the web with Adblock Plus and noscript in Firefox. At the minimum I use Adblock Plus.
I'll deal with it office space style :-)
Here to. We are supposedly getting FIOS in our area but that rumor has been going around for a long time now.
When I worked for my high school's tech department I was there for a major machine upgrade. The old machines were loaded onto old empty bus's and then the machines were dumped in a huge metal dumpster. I took advantage of the parts before they even got to the dumpster. Got a bunch of harddrives and one monitor. This is when my boss's allowed me to do that. Then I was told you can't take them. Was annoying to see them just being dumped. Perfectly good harddrives in the range of 20GB-40GB IDE drives within them. The machines themselves were pretty crappy gray Dell's (forgot exact models...)