reasonable. Obviously this was thought of early in the US's history and has been clarified. Of course, if you still think it is unreasonable, you are free to pursue a political careeer and/or convince as many others of the same thougt and change the law or intent.
And as an ex-foreigner I have experienced many border crossings where thorough searches have been the norm. Though it seems that in recent - last 10 years - international travel within Europe has become easier, whereas travel into the US has become harder.
I have no real problem with the law itself, but more with the way it gets used. From first hand observation and second hand stories of close friends, some of the border/customs officials are on real power trips and courtesy is rarely exhibited by any of them.
We where discussing this article at work for a bit and came to the same conclusion. Here as the two of us as IT generalists we create programs at varying levels of abstraction depending on the need.
Having gone the old fashioned route in the 80s of Fortran, Assembler, Pascal, Cobol and C, and later C++ and now adding in Python. In 99.99% of the cases I don't care about what happens at the assembler level. I need to rely on the guys who write the CLRs and IDEs - that is their problem domain. I solve computational business problems, automation control problems and data collection, access/storage problems not assembler problems.
Even in the late early years of Computer Science (early 1980s), when PCs where not ubiquitous and MS was just getting started, basically the same situation existed.
Some people could not get passed the same issues you mention. Except back then the GUI was the text menu.
Some people just do not have the necessary skills to solve problems; but this is not just limited to programming.
Of course some professors had the same/similar concerns back then - I will never forget the senior level class that a visiting professor was teaching and was amazed that we had never been exposed to ( in her estimation) the greatest language ever - LISP. And originally she insisted that all problems where to be solved in LISP. Once she realized that the we really did not know LISP - this was never a requirement in the program or for the course, she relented and allowd us the language of choice. ( She also realized that we could not get proficient in LISP and do the normal course work in time; afte all this was not a course to teach a language, but to apply concepts to solve problems - it was some type of algorithm course).
to a good game play expereience. Yes, I subscribe to the notion that one doesn't need glitz to make a good game. Design a good game first, then flesh it out with glitz. And as otheres have mentioned, if the glitz stays efficiently within the limitations of the platform the games will still be good. If you have a a lousy game to start - no manner of glitz will save it.
GPS are good at telling where you specifcally are. Maps tell you more easily where in relationship to other things you are once you know where you are. I do some long distance Motorcycle Rallies, and I have runs in some rallies using maps only, GPS only and both maps and GPS. I like having both. Plan route with the map( see the relationships), key points/stops in GPS and voila a succesful fun rally. But yeah GPS only was the worst experience. In normal car trips to relatives I have mixed results with GPS only. On one hand, using GPS on trips has taken me on some wonderful roads that I would not have tried otherwise. On the other hand it has taken me through traffic snarls and traffic light fests that almost ruin the trip. I suppose newer models that interface with traffic reports and allow better options in routing may make the experience more positive overall.
What does that proof? I use none of those programs, or I do not keep the service portion of those tools running - but my browser is Opera, and for the last 6 years I have not had any virus or spy ware. I cannot stand adding these applications on my windows machine, robbing CPU cycles, primarily so I can play games decently. I have no problem playing even the latest games ( except for bioshock) on my modest Athlon XP 2500 (minimally OC'd) and a Radeon 9600pro, 2GB DDR2 RAM. I do occasionally run some scans with certain tools, including AVG, but immediately shut down the service portions of these when done.
That is how I run my personal machine. At work I do it differently just as I run the family computer - for the wife and 2 kids - a lot differently, but it is a also a Mac, just so I do not have to deal with windows issues when they use the computer.
Not quite 100%. There have been industrial all-in ones - ususlly over priced. But yes, main line vendors are now finally, starting to put out credible all in one systems. I can't wait for the competition to drive the pprices down bit so that I can deploy these on the shop floor.
Doing it that quick the first time is pretty unusual; probably means you have a knack for understanding mechanical devices. But also,
while I do not know about the current Subarus, the Subarus of the 80s where definelty set up to be easily self serviceable. Iirc, they even won consumer awards serveral years for this "feature".
while (paraphrasing) "Windows CE may be poor and kind killed the demand for mobile computing", MS is set to push hard into this area, in my opinion, with their "Unified Communications" project http://www.devsource.com/article2/0,1895,2200699,00.asp While more netcentric than cell, it will impact cell phones.
Also, in my opinion, this "Unified Communications", if well received by larger companies, will end up doing more to harm linux in the long run than anything else I have seen or can see.
[off topic: It appears to me that MS really doesn't think much about the server OS much - they think more about services, and service that matter to corporations. Unified Communication looks like it could be the next thing that OSS will chase, like it has chased Exchange. In my opion, though, controlling the corporate voice communication via Unified Communication, will end up having as much if not more lock in as Exchange does now.
Lock-in this voice communication, and all of a sudden things like google phones and iPhones might not work properly when trying to communicate with the office.]
Based on your comment in the other story, you should really like Joost.
While I got an early invite to Joost, I could never get into it, though there are several things on there I would be interesting. I am just not into watching movies/shows on the computer - couple minutes clips like on YouTube is ok, but anything of length gets uncomfortable.
I suppose there maight be ways to redirect the computers video output, but I am not sure.
Until your post, I could not see the attraction of Joost, but I can see it somewhat now. Seems like iTunes movie purchases are still a bit better ( though I have never bought any iTunes video content, their approach appeals more to me - the price certainly is reasonable).
Ok, fair enough.
However I orignally had the Wii on a standard tube TV that was a 32". The widescreen 19" HD LCD TV shows everything remarkebly clearer. Yeah I changed 3 variables at the same time, so I really can't say much more than that the picture looks much better on the LCD.:)
I do notice some graininess on the Wii display images when i get close enough to the LCD screen, but the distance at which i watch or play ( about 6 - 7 feeet), the display is clearer than anything I ever had. I do not have a HD signal yet to compare images, but I suppose that this will improve the picture when viewed closer up.
I mentioned the Nintendo corporate philosophy rreport a few posts up. And your last paragraph, fits in their strategy and is mentioned. They rather sell 3 Ds Lites into a family than a single Wii. Something like that. I recommend reading that report ( somewhere on Nintendo's site). Very enligheneing.
I don't recall the link, but it was on Nintendo's web site. I ogt teh gist that it seemed to be from the summer of 2006. It was a press conference type of report, and in one portion the execs basically stated that do not intend to sell the Wii at a loss. That type of stragey is not their philosophy. They did not rule out that they might just only break even. But even that was not their goal.
All in all the whole report was an interesting read. I recommend it. Touches on the success of the DS as well as the failure of the Micro.
Just out of curiosity, did you remember to change the output setting in the Wii to 480p from whatever the default is (480i?)?
Just asking - just recently had a user complaining their wireless mouse wasn't working anymore. Turns out he reversed the polarity on one of the batteries he put in the mouse. Stupid things can happen...
I only have a Sanyo Widescreen 19" HDTV and teh Wii looks fine there. I have no idea what it would like in a larger display, as I have none larger.
How is it not the same thing on principal?
A service is being oversold by a secret number, and you don't know if your reservation is a reservation that has been oversold. They will just about let you check in excess of the number of seats available.
I agree on point number 2. Obviouly it neer becomes an issue, since someone is always willing to yield, given the right incentive, forestalling that one passenger that mihgt be willing to sue if no one yielded and someone got bumped on a lottery basis.
is that the legal definition and common defintion of a term are not always the same.
I would suspect that what the airlines, hotels, dr offices do - overbooking - is not covered by the legal definition of fraud, or there is an exemption. Or, as you mention I suppose, the reason it never comes down to pushing/suing is that to satisfy a given customer, they will make the pot sweeter for other customers, until someone is willing to yield.
Certainly the opportunity would be there to sue big if the legal definition of fraud was being met. The incentives do seem to always forestall that step.
and wheter it could be considered as such.
The piss poor customer service aspect of this situation is another matter alltogether.
All of the issues you raise are unconscionable customer service actions, and generally a symptom of a near monopoly.
If an airline called you a fool for actually beleiveing that you where guaranteed a flight at the reserved/booked time and day, you would never fly with them and use another airline.
At my address I only have COX cable as a broadband connection choice (wired that is, not sure about satellite - but that would be too expenseive). However so far my customer experience with them has been pleasant. Not sure what I would do if I moved and ended up in an area that only had Comcast service.
Take airline reservations. Or hotel reservations.
Both overbook but I have never heard it called fraud.
Of course unlike the DSL provider, these industries do not cut you off - they give some kind of recompensation to those willing to yield consumption of service, but what if no one yielded?
A segment one of the morning ones ( Today, Morning Show, etc ) or one of the evening ones ( ie dateline, 48 hours, etc) a year+ ago.
I saw the segment in question - It was fascinating to see the 4-6 year olds being themselves and totally ignoring the teachers and/or parents warnings. Iirc once they got to picking up the gun, the adults intervened. I beleive the show segment hosts "interviewed" kids afterwards trying to solicit the reason why the kids disregarded the advice of the parents and teachers. My brain is mush - i can't remember the kids responses eihter. Oh well - I was just watching in passing - never figured I would have to recall the info.
Now that I have a 4 year old of my own, I wonder what she would do in the same situation...
at a system level and therefore the ad deluge will be propagated to other applications. Then MS will claim that it can not be removed becuase this feature is part of the basic (Home) version of Windows ( ie business Windows is differnt and will not have this feature because business computers always have Office, of course).
I myself am not sure if this should be funny, scary, insightful or troll.
over MS ones any day.
Sounds to me either scheduler will do the job just fine.
The decision between two good alternatives is always a difficult decision - someone, no matter how good the ideas, will feel slighted.
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reasonable. Obviously this was thought of early in the US's history and has been clarified.
Of course, if you still think it is unreasonable, you are free to pursue a political careeer and/or convince as many others of the same thougt and change the law or intent.
And as an ex-foreigner I have experienced many border crossings where thorough searches have been the norm. Though it seems that in recent - last 10 years - international travel within Europe has become easier, whereas travel into the US has become harder.
I have no real problem with the law itself, but more with the way it gets used. From first hand observation and second hand stories of close friends, some of the border/customs officials are on real power trips and courtesy is rarely exhibited by any of them.
We where discussing this article at work for a bit and came to the same conclusion.
Here as the two of us as IT generalists we create programs at varying levels of abstraction depending on the need.
Having gone the old fashioned route in the 80s of Fortran, Assembler, Pascal, Cobol and C, and later C++ and now adding in Python. In 99.99% of the cases I don't care about what happens at the assembler level. I need to rely on the guys who write the CLRs and IDEs - that is their problem domain. I solve computational business problems, automation control problems and data collection, access/storage problems not assembler problems.
Even in the late early years of Computer Science (early 1980s), when PCs where not ubiquitous and MS was just getting started, basically the same situation existed.
Some people could not get passed the same issues you mention. Except back then the GUI was the text menu.
Some people just do not have the necessary skills to solve problems; but this is not just limited to programming.
Of course some professors had the same/similar concerns back then - I will never forget the senior level class that a visiting professor was teaching and was amazed that we had never been exposed to ( in her estimation) the greatest language ever - LISP. And originally she insisted that all problems where to be solved in LISP. Once she realized that the we really did not know LISP - this was never a requirement in the program or for the course, she relented and allowd us the language of choice. ( She also realized that we could not get proficient in LISP and do the normal course work in time; afte all this was not a course to teach a language, but to apply concepts to solve problems - it was some type of algorithm course).
to a good game play expereience.
Yes, I subscribe to the notion that one doesn't need glitz to make a good game.
Design a good game first, then flesh it out with glitz. And as otheres have mentioned, if the glitz stays efficiently within the limitations of the platform the games will still be good.
If you have a a lousy game to start - no manner of glitz will save it.
GPS are good at telling where you specifcally are. Maps tell you more easily where in relationship to other things you are once you know where you are.
I do some long distance Motorcycle Rallies, and I have runs in some rallies using maps only, GPS only and both maps and GPS. I like having both.
Plan route with the map( see the relationships), key points/stops in GPS and voila a succesful fun rally.
But yeah GPS only was the worst experience.
In normal car trips to relatives I have mixed results with GPS only. On one hand, using GPS on trips has taken me on some wonderful roads that I would not have tried otherwise. On the other hand it has taken me through traffic snarls and traffic light fests that almost ruin the trip. I suppose newer models that interface with traffic reports and allow better options in routing may make the experience more positive overall.
I bought my copy In November from Amazon.
Problem is it is too slow; particularly for a browser known to be fast.
It is worse than the Wii version, which at least is tolerable.
to change the registry for 20+ users.
What does that proof? I use none of those programs, or I do not keep the service portion of those tools running - but my browser is Opera, and for the last 6 years I have not had any virus or spy ware. I cannot stand adding these applications on my windows machine, robbing CPU cycles, primarily so I can play games decently. I have no problem playing even the latest games ( except for bioshock) on my modest Athlon XP 2500 (minimally OC'd) and a Radeon 9600pro, 2GB DDR2 RAM.
I do occasionally run some scans with certain tools, including AVG, but immediately shut down the service portions of these when done.
That is how I run my personal machine. At work I do it differently just as I run the family computer - for the wife and 2 kids - a lot differently, but it is a also a Mac, just so I do not have to deal with windows issues when they use the computer.
Not quite 100%. There have been industrial all-in ones - ususlly over priced.
But yes, main line vendors are now finally, starting to put out credible all in one systems.
I can't wait for the competition to drive the pprices down bit so that I can deploy these on the shop floor.
Doing it that quick the first time is pretty unusual; probably means you have a knack for understanding mechanical devices. But also, while I do not know about the current Subarus, the Subarus of the 80s where definelty set up to be easily self serviceable. Iirc, they even won consumer awards serveral years for this "feature".
while (paraphrasing) "Windows CE may be poor and kind killed the demand for mobile computing", MS is set to push hard into this area, in my opinion, with their "Unified Communications" project http://www.devsource.com/article2/0,1895,2200699,00.asp While more netcentric than cell, it will impact cell phones. Also, in my opinion, this "Unified Communications", if well received by larger companies, will end up doing more to harm linux in the long run than anything else I have seen or can see. [off topic: It appears to me that MS really doesn't think much about the server OS much - they think more about services, and service that matter to corporations. Unified Communication looks like it could be the next thing that OSS will chase, like it has chased Exchange. In my opion, though, controlling the corporate voice communication via Unified Communication, will end up having as much if not more lock in as Exchange does now. Lock-in this voice communication, and all of a sudden things like google phones and iPhones might not work properly when trying to communicate with the office.]
Based on your comment in the other story, you should really like Joost. While I got an early invite to Joost, I could never get into it, though there are several things on there I would be interesting. I am just not into watching movies/shows on the computer - couple minutes clips like on YouTube is ok, but anything of length gets uncomfortable. I suppose there maight be ways to redirect the computers video output, but I am not sure. Until your post, I could not see the attraction of Joost, but I can see it somewhat now. Seems like iTunes movie purchases are still a bit better ( though I have never bought any iTunes video content, their approach appeals more to me - the price certainly is reasonable).
Ok, fair enough. :)
However I orignally had the Wii on a standard tube TV that was a 32". The widescreen 19" HD LCD TV shows everything remarkebly clearer. Yeah I changed 3 variables at the same time, so I really can't say much more than that the picture looks much better on the LCD.
I do notice some graininess on the Wii display images when i get close enough to the LCD screen, but the distance at which i watch or play ( about 6 - 7 feeet), the display is clearer than anything I ever had. I do not have a HD signal yet to compare images, but I suppose that this will improve the picture when viewed closer up.
I mentioned the Nintendo corporate philosophy rreport a few posts up. And your last paragraph, fits in their strategy and is mentioned. They rather sell 3 Ds Lites into a family than a single Wii. Something like that. I recommend reading that report ( somewhere on Nintendo's site). Very enligheneing.
I don't recall the link, but it was on Nintendo's web site. I ogt teh gist that it seemed to be from the summer of 2006. It was a press conference type of report, and in one portion the execs basically stated that do not intend to sell the Wii at a loss. That type of stragey is not their philosophy. They did not rule out that they might just only break even. But even that was not their goal.
All in all the whole report was an interesting read. I recommend it. Touches on the success of the DS as well as the failure of the Micro.
Just out of curiosity, did you remember to change the output setting in the Wii to 480p from whatever the default is (480i?)?
Just asking - just recently had a user complaining their wireless mouse wasn't working anymore. Turns out he reversed the polarity on one of the batteries he put in the mouse. Stupid things can happen...
I only have a Sanyo Widescreen 19" HDTV and teh Wii looks fine there. I have no idea what it would like in a larger display, as I have none larger.
How is it not the same thing on principal?
A service is being oversold by a secret number, and you don't know if your reservation is a reservation that has been oversold. They will just about let you check in excess of the number of seats available.
I agree on point number 2. Obviouly it neer becomes an issue, since someone is always willing to yield, given the right incentive, forestalling that one passenger that mihgt be willing to sue if no one yielded and someone got bumped on a lottery basis.
is that the legal definition and common defintion of a term are not always the same.
I would suspect that what the airlines, hotels, dr offices do - overbooking - is not covered by the legal definition of fraud, or there is an exemption. Or, as you mention I suppose, the reason it never comes down to pushing/suing is that to satisfy a given customer, they will make the pot sweeter for other customers, until someone is willing to yield.
Certainly the opportunity would be there to sue big if the legal definition of fraud was being met. The incentives do seem to always forestall that step.
and wheter it could be considered as such.
The piss poor customer service aspect of this situation is another matter alltogether.
All of the issues you raise are unconscionable customer service actions, and generally a symptom of a near monopoly.
If an airline called you a fool for actually beleiveing that you where guaranteed a flight at the reserved/booked time and day, you would never fly with them and use another airline.
At my address I only have COX cable as a broadband connection choice (wired that is, not sure about satellite - but that would be too expenseive). However so far my customer experience with them has been pleasant. Not sure what I would do if I moved and ended up in an area that only had Comcast service.
Take airline reservations. Or hotel reservations.
Both overbook but I have never heard it called fraud.
Of course unlike the DSL provider, these industries do not cut you off - they give some kind of recompensation to those willing to yield consumption of service, but what if no one yielded?
yeah, I was wondering if i reacted too quickly. :)
So count me as a "woosh" victim...
A segment one of the morning ones ( Today, Morning Show, etc ) or one of the evening ones ( ie dateline, 48 hours, etc) a year+ ago.
I saw the segment in question - It was fascinating to see the 4-6 year olds being themselves and totally ignoring the teachers and/or parents warnings. Iirc once they got to picking up the gun, the adults intervened. I beleive the show segment hosts "interviewed" kids afterwards trying to solicit the reason why the kids disregarded the advice of the parents and teachers. My brain is mush - i can't remember the kids responses eihter. Oh well - I was just watching in passing - never figured I would have to recall the info.
Now that I have a 4 year old of my own, I wonder what she would do in the same situation...
n/t
at a system level and therefore the ad deluge will be propagated to other applications. Then MS will claim that it can not be removed becuase this feature is part of the basic (Home) version of Windows ( ie business Windows is differnt and will not have this feature because business computers always have Office, of course).
I myself am not sure if this should be funny, scary, insightful or troll.
over MS ones any day.
Sounds to me either scheduler will do the job just fine.
The decision between two good alternatives is always a difficult decision - someone, no matter how good the ideas, will feel slighted.