This is why I went with OSX after running linux for 5 years. I got sick of working on my computer. Now I work with my computer.
I still get all the things I loved about linux (minus the religion) and all the things I wanted my linux install to easily do. To me OSX is basically *nix for the lazy man.
Your list with osx
1) Your computer has a webcam, you can buy almost any webcam and it will work. 2) You can buy a copy of microsoft office, iWork, or download open office. 3) It's apple, of course you have iTunes (and you don't have a choice to not have itunes) 4) See 3
My problem is this, let's say I come up with a cool way to do something on a web page. I see it as a trivial solution to a problem (let's say 1 click buying). I never patent it.
Now some company (say amazon) develops the same thing months or years later, patents it and sues me.
Another example, let's say a open source product comes up with a revolutionary way to use a trackpad. Now let's say apple implements and patents that method in their next release of OSX. We can't expect a lose org of programmers to have the cash to patent everything they give for free to the community.
Would this system protect me? Or do I need to try to patent every silly trivial software idea I might come up with? In which case, I should just stop trying to develop software, the risk is too much and the cost for patents is too high to bother.
I may be completely misinformed about patent law. In fact I'm sure I am. I'm just trying to wrap my head around this. It seems like a all around bad idea.
I've never gotten a job from submitting a resume to HR. I've always needed to find out who really was going to make the final decision and getting to that person to have a chance.
Then that person gets HR to accept my resume and continue on the interview process.
My top priority is getting 100% out of debt. My goal is to have my home 100% paid by 2016. Getting thousands more in debt when my job is in no risk of leaving and I've never had significant trouble finding work is not a priority.
I have sat in classes to hear the teacher teach such gems as "If you provide the correct username and password, the system will allow you to login". We are talking hundreds of dollars on books I have never opened except to answer the 10-20 question reviews at the back of the chapter as homework.
The end result is a paper that is not insurance, it is a slight chance that maybe it will increase my chances of getting an interview.
I don't discredit education. I wish I had gone to college right away instead of taking that first IT job. But the truth is that at 30 years old this money should be going into investments for my retirement.
To me I just count this as the cost of doing business. I like my job, my employer says "get a degree", so I'm getting a degree. Otherwise I would have never thought about it.
If I was going to drop money on something with a long term investment that I would find useful, I'd fix up some of the things in my home. I could use new carpets, a roof in a few years, and my kitchen needs a huge upgrade.
I am very detail oriented in my professional life. I however don't give slashdot much thought. I have short breaks in which to spend time wasting on the internet.
I can tell you that you won't find spelling and grammar errors on any document I am presenting to a potential employer any more then you would find me introducing myself to him as fictionpimp.
Writing well means actually giving a shit about who is going to read it. Obviously when it comes to slashdot I couldn't care less. This is stream of consciousness writing and if the phone/browser doesn't catch the error it is going to passed on to the reader. That is 100% the opposite of what happens if I'm writing a technical document, resume, email to the CFO, etc.
I'm referring to more math, science, etc. I'm sure there will be challenging IT classes, but I think the challenge will be more in finding the time to get the work done rather than trying to learn more material.
I'm already very proficient in linux, c and c++ and have a solid foundation in system and network administration from being thrust into those jobs over the years.
But I'm always hopeful to learn something new. My job is to discover, evaluate, and implement new technology so anything new is always a good thing.
Except for when I have been overshadowed by someone with 0 years experience and a 4 year degree.
Never mind my decade of real working experience with what the job is asking for.
So in the real world you higher a CIS major right out of college for a PHP developer job and guys like me who has been employed for the last 10 years as a web developer/server administrator with the last 5 years working in java and php are dumped in the bin.
I would totally understand being looked over for a guy with my level of experience and a degree. The problem is that people like me get overlooked by people with no experience and a degree.
This is why I'm building thousands in debt just to have a piece of paper that says I can do the job I've been doing for a decade. Never mind the fact I actually have taught many of the college classes I need to graduate.
The only time I've ever been hired is when I've skipped HR and went right to the guy who makes that decision. Once I can speak to them, show them my work history, code examples, references, etc I get the job.
My current employer has put a lot of pressure on me to get my degree. They have significantly picked up most of the costs. However at the end of this I will still be thousands in debt with nothing to show for it except the fact that I might not get looked over if I ever try to find a new job.
Honestly I love my current job so much I can't see myself ever looking for work willingly. I am looking forward to college. Once I get passed these entry level classes (especially the boring IT ones) I'm sure there is a lot to learn.
Honestly, I have not reviewed your code, but I can tell you that a products homepage design weights heavily into if I look at a product. Using tables for layout is enough for my company to say "next" without even looking at the merits of your product.
I think it's the fault of HR departments. They refuse to believe you might be intelligent without a degree. Which is why I'm trying to get the degree that goes with my job. Hopefully this debt I'm building is useful.
Trying saying that to the mother of a son who died from whooping cough because she listened to 'experts' in the media and didn't get her children vaccinated.
That is why we are piloting a VDI deployment this year. I work at a community college and we are rolling out thin clients using a combo of VMWare, Unidesk, and Panologic. What we were drawn to was how easy it was to control what applications the user gets, patching the desktop and applications, improving security, faster recovery times if there is a software issue (like a virus that slips past), and lastly because we have kiosk computers, being able to have non-persistant desktops (This will save us a little money as it replaces software like deep freeze).
We are in a unique situation however where we need to give users access to multiple operating systems and applications on a given hour. In the past we would need to build our physical machine's bigger then normal so they could handle windows XP + a virtual machine for windows vista or 7. For about the same cost of the PC hardware we would have purchased for the number of PC's we selected for piloting I was able to purchase the server, software licenses, and thin clients needed to do the accomplish the same task. Our hope is that we can save soft costs when it comes to managing these computers and that the thin clients will last longer then a typical PC refresh and saving us cash in the long run (as you pointed out).
Other features that weighed on our decision was how easy it was to recover a dead machine and being able to leverage de-duplication. Currently, if our CFO's dell computer died, we would need to retrieve his computer, recover his files, image a new computer (providing a suitable computer was in stock), install any custom applications he requires, and finally place his data back where it belongs (providing whatever died is not in stock to replace). Ideally all of his data would have been backed up on the network, but being a typically user he probably saved to other locations as well (And being someone like a CFO, you can't give him the usual 'you should have done it like we told you' speech). If the thin client dies, it is literally just a walk to his office and a swap of the device. If he can't wait that long he could just go to any other thin client and log in to get his desktop. Further more, UPS devices at the desktops are no longer required. If the power goes out, the desktops are still running in our datacenter with it's own generator.
Our back-end storage has de-duplication. This combined with the cloning technology unidesk leverages has us with 25 desktops deployed and only 60 gigs of storage used. While user data will increase that amount as the system is used, we could have 1 or 100 desktop and would still only store 1 copy of the OS and 1 copy of each application installed. The savings can be significant.
We are also hoping that the thin clients will ease our way into windows 7. As a college we are constantly being pushed by students, outside companies, and our own faculty to be technologically current. There has been a huge push for us to start moving to windows 7. Unfortunately, there are still many applications that are not supported on windows 7 that some staff members require. There is also course material (some certification tests) that have not yet updated their material for windows 7. Using this system we will be able to offer both XP or Win7 at any location where there is a thin client. So if you run into a document that doesn't work right in office 2007/2010 you can quickly 'reboot' into XP and office 2003 and get your job done while you wait for the author of the document to update it. This comes at a great time because a lot of our computers are at the end of their life cycle and would not meet the requirements to run windows 7. We can provide them with a thin client with XP and all their apps, then slowly rollout windows 7 allowing them a transition period where both systems are available to them.
We know that VDI won't be the solution to all of our problems. There will always been users with notebook computers, classes that require high end video cards or lots of ram (3d modeling, etc), and other situ
How about losing a large segment of the community college market? We used to buy a half dozen servers ever year from sun to replace our existing equipment. Then oracle dropped the matching grant program for edu and we have already decided this year will be the year we move everything to intel/linux. Speaking with other people in the sector, I can't say we are alone.
So competition law says all companies that provide search results must do it in some special government mandated criteria?
They provide a service where they decide what websites are useful based on a term typed in by a user. Is it a surprise they would weight their own products better then people who know nothing about their weighting system?
It is bullshit and they should be left alone. Nothing about this is hurting competition from other search providers. It's not like they are the only game in town and are forcing other players out of the market.
What they are doing is 100% ok with me. They are not except from the law, but I can't for the life of me see how they are breaking a law.
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This is why I went with OSX after running linux for 5 years. I got sick of working on my computer. Now I work with my computer.
I still get all the things I loved about linux (minus the religion) and all the things I wanted my linux install to easily do. To me OSX is basically *nix for the lazy man.
Your list with osx
1) Your computer has a webcam, you can buy almost any webcam and it will work.
2) You can buy a copy of microsoft office, iWork, or download open office.
3) It's apple, of course you have iTunes (and you don't have a choice to not have itunes)
4) See 3
So then, after their patent is invalid, can I file?
My problem is this, let's say I come up with a cool way to do something on a web page. I see it as a trivial solution to a problem (let's say 1 click buying). I never patent it.
Now some company (say amazon) develops the same thing months or years later, patents it and sues me.
Another example, let's say a open source product comes up with a revolutionary way to use a trackpad. Now let's say apple implements and patents that method in their next release of OSX. We can't expect a lose org of programmers to have the cash to patent everything they give for free to the community.
Would this system protect me? Or do I need to try to patent every silly trivial software idea I might come up with? In which case, I should just stop trying to develop software, the risk is too much and the cost for patents is too high to bother.
I may be completely misinformed about patent law. In fact I'm sure I am. I'm just trying to wrap my head around this. It seems like a all around bad idea.
Remember Centralia, Pennsylvania? Everything has a sad dark side.
It is very hard to stuff a cat back into a cat carrier. It is even harder to stuff a cat back into a bag.
I've never gotten a job from submitting a resume to HR. I've always needed to find out who really was going to make the final decision and getting to that person to have a chance.
Then that person gets HR to accept my resume and continue on the interview process.
My top priority is getting 100% out of debt. My goal is to have my home 100% paid by 2016. Getting thousands more in debt when my job is in no risk of leaving and I've never had significant trouble finding work is not a priority.
I have sat in classes to hear the teacher teach such gems as "If you provide the correct username and password, the system will allow you to login". We are talking hundreds of dollars on books I have never opened except to answer the 10-20 question reviews at the back of the chapter as homework.
The end result is a paper that is not insurance, it is a slight chance that maybe it will increase my chances of getting an interview.
I don't discredit education. I wish I had gone to college right away instead of taking that first IT job. But the truth is that at 30 years old this money should be going into investments for my retirement.
To me I just count this as the cost of doing business. I like my job, my employer says "get a degree", so I'm getting a degree. Otherwise I would have never thought about it.
If I was going to drop money on something with a long term investment that I would find useful, I'd fix up some of the things in my home. I could use new carpets, a roof in a few years, and my kitchen needs a huge upgrade.
I am very detail oriented in my professional life. I however don't give slashdot much thought. I have short breaks in which to spend time wasting on the internet.
I can tell you that you won't find spelling and grammar errors on any document I am presenting to a potential employer any more then you would find me introducing myself to him as fictionpimp.
Writing well means actually giving a shit about who is going to read it. Obviously when it comes to slashdot I couldn't care less. This is stream of consciousness writing and if the phone/browser doesn't catch the error it is going to passed on to the reader. That is 100% the opposite of what happens if I'm writing a technical document, resume, email to the CFO, etc.
I'm referring to more math, science, etc. I'm sure there will be challenging IT classes, but I think the challenge will be more in finding the time to get the work done rather than trying to learn more material.
I'm already very proficient in linux, c and c++ and have a solid foundation in system and network administration from being thrust into those jobs over the years.
But I'm always hopeful to learn something new. My job is to discover, evaluate, and implement new technology so anything new is always a good thing.
Except for when I have been overshadowed by someone with 0 years experience and a 4 year degree.
Never mind my decade of real working experience with what the job is asking for.
So in the real world you higher a CIS major right out of college for a PHP developer job and guys like me who has been employed for the last 10 years as a web developer/server administrator with the last 5 years working in java and php are dumped in the bin.
I would totally understand being looked over for a guy with my level of experience and a degree. The problem is that people like me get overlooked by people with no experience and a degree.
This is why I'm building thousands in debt just to have a piece of paper that says I can do the job I've been doing for a decade. Never mind the fact I actually have taught many of the college classes I need to graduate.
The only time I've ever been hired is when I've skipped HR and went right to the guy who makes that decision. Once I can speak to them, show them my work history, code examples, references, etc I get the job.
My current employer has put a lot of pressure on me to get my degree. They have significantly picked up most of the costs. However at the end of this I will still be thousands in debt with nothing to show for it except the fact that I might not get looked over if I ever try to find a new job.
Honestly I love my current job so much I can't see myself ever looking for work willingly. I am looking forward to college. Once I get passed these entry level classes (especially the boring IT ones) I'm sure there is a lot to learn.
Honestly, I have not reviewed your code, but I can tell you that a products homepage design weights heavily into if I look at a product. Using tables for layout is enough for my company to say "next" without even looking at the merits of your product.
You might disagree, but it's a harsh truth.
I think it's the fault of HR departments. They refuse to believe you might be intelligent without a degree. Which is why I'm trying to get the degree that goes with my job. Hopefully this debt I'm building is useful.
Whitehouse.gov comes to mind...
maybe there is a reason you don't get customers from those browsers.
like the page doesn't fucking work!
I drink water every day. I'm assuming that the 500000000X dilution of adam and eve's piss should be so powerful it cures all illness.
Trying saying that to the mother of a son who died from whooping cough because she listened to 'experts' in the media and didn't get her children vaccinated.
Exactly, I knew it was time to get off facebook when my mom asked to be my friend.
And as I'm sure you know, there is a version of Tortoise for git and mercurial.
Very criminal when you consider that you do NOT need to install iTunes just to install quicktime.
That is why we are piloting a VDI deployment this year. I work at a community college and we are rolling out thin clients using a combo of VMWare, Unidesk, and Panologic. What we were drawn to was how easy it was to control what applications the user gets, patching the desktop and applications, improving security, faster recovery times if there is a software issue (like a virus that slips past), and lastly because we have kiosk computers, being able to have non-persistant desktops (This will save us a little money as it replaces software like deep freeze).
We are in a unique situation however where we need to give users access to multiple operating systems and applications on a given hour. In the past we would need to build our physical machine's bigger then normal so they could handle windows XP + a virtual machine for windows vista or 7. For about the same cost of the PC hardware we would have purchased for the number of PC's we selected for piloting I was able to purchase the server, software licenses, and thin clients needed to do the accomplish the same task. Our hope is that we can save soft costs when it comes to managing these computers and that the thin clients will last longer then a typical PC refresh and saving us cash in the long run (as you pointed out).
Other features that weighed on our decision was how easy it was to recover a dead machine and being able to leverage de-duplication. Currently, if our CFO's dell computer died, we would need to retrieve his computer, recover his files, image a new computer (providing a suitable computer was in stock), install any custom applications he requires, and finally place his data back where it belongs (providing whatever died is not in stock to replace). Ideally all of his data would have been backed up on the network, but being a typically user he probably saved to other locations as well (And being someone like a CFO, you can't give him the usual 'you should have done it like we told you' speech). If the thin client dies, it is literally just a walk to his office and a swap of the device. If he can't wait that long he could just go to any other thin client and log in to get his desktop. Further more, UPS devices at the desktops are no longer required. If the power goes out, the desktops are still running in our datacenter with it's own generator.
Our back-end storage has de-duplication. This combined with the cloning technology unidesk leverages has us with 25 desktops deployed and only 60 gigs of storage used. While user data will increase that amount as the system is used, we could have 1 or 100 desktop and would still only store 1 copy of the OS and 1 copy of each application installed. The savings can be significant.
We are also hoping that the thin clients will ease our way into windows 7. As a college we are constantly being pushed by students, outside companies, and our own faculty to be technologically current. There has been a huge push for us to start moving to windows 7. Unfortunately, there are still many applications that are not supported on windows 7 that some staff members require. There is also course material (some certification tests) that have not yet updated their material for windows 7. Using this system we will be able to offer both XP or Win7 at any location where there is a thin client. So if you run into a document that doesn't work right in office 2007/2010 you can quickly 'reboot' into XP and office 2003 and get your job done while you wait for the author of the document to update it. This comes at a great time because a lot of our computers are at the end of their life cycle and would not meet the requirements to run windows 7. We can provide them with a thin client with XP and all their apps, then slowly rollout windows 7 allowing them a transition period where both systems are available to them.
We know that VDI won't be the solution to all of our problems. There will always been users with notebook computers, classes that require high end video cards or lots of ram (3d modeling, etc), and other situ
How about losing a large segment of the community college market? We used to buy a half dozen servers ever year from sun to replace our existing equipment. Then oracle dropped the matching grant program for edu and we have already decided this year will be the year we move everything to intel/linux. Speaking with other people in the sector, I can't say we are alone.
Actually, I have to agree this is the best choice. Then they can have their cake and eat it too.
My advice is to simply not develop for the iphone. If you are not getting what you want, there are plenty of other phone markets to target.
Well if they really said "oppose any solution put forth by FCC chairman Julius Genachowski" then that means they must simply be opposed to a Democrat.
This is the problem with a party system.
So competition law says all companies that provide search results must do it in some special government mandated criteria?
They provide a service where they decide what websites are useful based on a term typed in by a user. Is it a surprise they would weight their own products better then people who know nothing about their weighting system?
It is bullshit and they should be left alone. Nothing about this is hurting competition from other search providers. It's not like they are the only game in town and are forcing other players out of the market.
What they are doing is 100% ok with me. They are not except from the law, but I can't for the life of me see how they are breaking a law.