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If you're even talking about this topic you are clearly not living in the real world of tight schedules and out-of-control projects. Chances are you're working in government.
Who cares?
The reason why CS majors are less attractive is because the students themselves are becoming more (physically) attractive and they're spending all their free time knockin' boots. While this is a good development it has led to a decline in scholarship. Basically they're stupid and don't know how superior a CS degree really is.
If indeed it is using Jabber then this is exactly what IM has been wanting...a first-class internet protocol. And Google carries enough weight to nudge their competitors (aim, msn, yahoo) to adopt the standard as well. Let's hope.
If FedEx wants to start bitching about the way people use a TLD to denote whether or not they're a commercial entity, check out http://www.orangebowl.org/. If the Orange Bowl is a non-commercial event somebody should probably get back those "gift" SUVs the colleges are giving out to their star ball-players.
Wtf? A laptop cannot be described in any way as "affordable". Are you dot-com millionairres out of your minds? The idea that kids need laptops is laughable in at least three different ways.
Amongst programmers there is a lot of pressure to talk shit about MS. Having used both Java and MS for about 10 years now I can say without doubt that MS makes it easier for people to write good programs (that only run on Windows). That's probably why they won the OS war in the first place...with their only competitor at the time, Apple, you'd have to fork over $1000 just to get a command line. So you gotta give MS some credit...what good is an operating system when there is a dearth of available compelling software?
I don't like MS because they charge so much money for their software. But there are some reasons to like MS.
I thought there was a case in the courts which already ruled that telcos do not have to share their lines with other DSL providers? I tried getting Speakeasy in NYC and was unsuccessful. I waited a long time with no DSL service and in the end went back to Verizon DSL hell.
A course on logic? That is hilarious. You are not a nice person, based on this post. And you're clearly an anti-MS zealot. Kinda like a Mac-zealot, but you know enough to cause serious trouble.
At some point, a script does compile, but generally speaking when you say "scripting" it means one of two things: code that is written procedurally (like C) or code that does not need to be compiled. These so-called-geeks need to get back to the books and out of their Hipsterville recording studios.
Hopefully their textbooks aren't DRM'd, or this is the beginning of what Stallman laid out in his Right to Read essay. Or was that Eric Raymond? Some slashdotter'll know.
I have read in the past about employees at JBoss talking-up their product on programming message boards, touting it's superiority over other application servers. Basically since then I have a hard time swallowing any news coming from a company that is willing to promote itself with those kinds of tactics.
The big deal is that who the hell knows to take these steps that you've outlined??? It's not as if these shady collection agencies are going to print these instructions on the back of their letter to you...clearly you've dodged these "debts" in the past and learned how to deal with it, but if the legal system is continuously abused in this fashion, people are going to stop respecting the rule of law. I think the scales have already tipped in this direction, as a matter of fact.
As I say...Nihilism!
Actually, you are the stupid one.
Sure, you bought the subscription and probably should read the fine print.
But if Wired wants to grow their business, as any reasonable capitalist wants to do, they should play nice.
From what I gather, their "sales" techniques have gone from promoting the value of their magazine (and what a mag it was in the day!) to total disbelief in their product and using dodgy legal tactics to beef up their numbers.
Fsck wired and fsck those "collections agencies" that are playing their sick revenue game.
And fsck you too Mr. I-Read-All-The-Fine-Print! Get a life you troll.
I love this for two reasons. iPods are incredibly useful and well designed. Who'd have thought you need your entire 200 CD collection with you at all times? But now that I do, I can't live without it. So I'm not so impressed by this device as I am about the upcoming Nokia N91 which will have a 4GB hard drive onboard. Sure, they're making higher capacity SD & MMC cards, but 512 MB just isn't quite enough space for a really useful MP3 player. So I like the route Nokia is taking.
The other thing I love about this is that a big company, Apple, is trying to do an end-around of the telcos and the cable internet providers. And sure, I know they're not taking them head-on, and this is just a rumor at this point, but we gotta turn up the competition if we're ever going to see a really dynamic internet. The promise of a digital commons just isn't playing out like we'd want, and I think the "owners" of the networks are largely to blame. So kudos to Apple for seeing this and taking some steps toward busting up that logjam.
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If you're even talking about this topic you are clearly not living in the real world of tight schedules and out-of-control projects. Chances are you're working in government. Who cares?
The reason why CS majors are less attractive is because the students themselves are becoming more (physically) attractive and they're spending all their free time knockin' boots. While this is a good development it has led to a decline in scholarship. Basically they're stupid and don't know how superior a CS degree really is.
If indeed it is using Jabber then this is exactly what IM has been wanting...a first-class internet protocol. And Google carries enough weight to nudge their competitors (aim, msn, yahoo) to adopt the standard as well. Let's hope.
If FedEx wants to start bitching about the way people use a TLD to denote whether or not they're a commercial entity, check out http://www.orangebowl.org/. If the Orange Bowl is a non-commercial event somebody should probably get back those "gift" SUVs the colleges are giving out to their star ball-players.
Wtf? A laptop cannot be described in any way as "affordable". Are you dot-com millionairres out of your minds? The idea that kids need laptops is laughable in at least three different ways.
Amongst programmers there is a lot of pressure to talk shit about MS. Having used both Java and MS for about 10 years now I can say without doubt that MS makes it easier for people to write good programs (that only run on Windows). That's probably why they won the OS war in the first place...with their only competitor at the time, Apple, you'd have to fork over $1000 just to get a command line. So you gotta give MS some credit...what good is an operating system when there is a dearth of available compelling software? I don't like MS because they charge so much money for their software. But there are some reasons to like MS.
I thought there was a case in the courts which already ruled that telcos do not have to share their lines with other DSL providers? I tried getting Speakeasy in NYC and was unsuccessful. I waited a long time with no DSL service and in the end went back to Verizon DSL hell.
Slashbotters have no sense of humor. To call this comment flamebait shows utter ignorance of what that word means. Y'all suck! Now THAT's flamebait.
I've got a dangling gapfiller for ya right here...
I heard this at least two days ago. If you're a real enthusiast you'd go someplace else for this kind of news.
A course on logic? That is hilarious. You are not a nice person, based on this post. And you're clearly an anti-MS zealot. Kinda like a Mac-zealot, but you know enough to cause serious trouble.
That's a great term. Love it. Hope to see it one day. But I doubt it.
Not really. What I was thinking was that I should pay the same amount as everybody else. Which is about $100 less than what I paid.
Ok Mr. I'm-So-Old-I-Created-Unix, I think the spirit of my comment still stands. Scripting languages are not compiled.
At some point, a script does compile, but generally speaking when you say "scripting" it means one of two things: code that is written procedurally (like C) or code that does not need to be compiled. These so-called-geeks need to get back to the books and out of their Hipsterville recording studios.
This is unbelievably crappy news. Let me restate, XP will be the last time I ever pay for an OS.
This is the sound of me puking. Ralph
Yeah I agree with that early poster who said let's try and get the earth-orbits nailed down. I mean, talk about a bunch of dreamers.
Until we start to see the death penalty for fscks like the Enron guys and the Tyco guys, this is totally ridiculous.
Hopefully their textbooks aren't DRM'd, or this is the beginning of what Stallman laid out in his Right to Read essay. Or was that Eric Raymond? Some slashdotter'll know.
I have read in the past about employees at JBoss talking-up their product on programming message boards, touting it's superiority over other application servers. Basically since then I have a hard time swallowing any news coming from a company that is willing to promote itself with those kinds of tactics.
The big deal is that who the hell knows to take these steps that you've outlined??? It's not as if these shady collection agencies are going to print these instructions on the back of their letter to you...clearly you've dodged these "debts" in the past and learned how to deal with it, but if the legal system is continuously abused in this fashion, people are going to stop respecting the rule of law. I think the scales have already tipped in this direction, as a matter of fact. As I say...Nihilism!
Actually, you are the stupid one. Sure, you bought the subscription and probably should read the fine print. But if Wired wants to grow their business, as any reasonable capitalist wants to do, they should play nice. From what I gather, their "sales" techniques have gone from promoting the value of their magazine (and what a mag it was in the day!) to total disbelief in their product and using dodgy legal tactics to beef up their numbers. Fsck wired and fsck those "collections agencies" that are playing their sick revenue game. And fsck you too Mr. I-Read-All-The-Fine-Print! Get a life you troll.
I love this for two reasons. iPods are incredibly useful and well designed. Who'd have thought you need your entire 200 CD collection with you at all times? But now that I do, I can't live without it. So I'm not so impressed by this device as I am about the upcoming Nokia N91 which will have a 4GB hard drive onboard. Sure, they're making higher capacity SD & MMC cards, but 512 MB just isn't quite enough space for a really useful MP3 player. So I like the route Nokia is taking.
The other thing I love about this is that a big company, Apple, is trying to do an end-around of the telcos and the cable internet providers. And sure, I know they're not taking them head-on, and this is just a rumor at this point, but we gotta turn up the competition if we're ever going to see a really dynamic internet. The promise of a digital commons just isn't playing out like we'd want, and I think the "owners" of the networks are largely to blame. So kudos to Apple for seeing this and taking some steps toward busting up that logjam.
Ridiculous. However, I do approve of this kind of "reality-hacking". To me, this is no more ridiculous than worshipping a Bearded Sky Wizard.