you're conflating genericity with rarity, which are two different things. UI design, good or bad, is a fairly generic skill (and can be applied to a lot of different fields)
Presumably, the data plan is useful for more than just aggressive price comparison. If comparing prices is the *only* thing you do with your data plan, then this simple math works. If it's not, then you're cost-benefit tree just got deeper.
True, but there's more glass then just the windshield. All those doors need to be taken apart. The rear glass as well. Silly high windows in the body behind the back doors? those need replaced too.
So lets say $1000 in glass. 2.5% of the value of the car, now lets get into labor.
Hmmm...guess I haven't been using any computers since about 1999 (my last windows machine). There aren't any alternatives! I guess i'm posting this message using my brain or something.
And here is where opensource software completely misses the boat. It is always assumed that anyone with any ideas is ALSO able to implement their idea, including every bit of knowledge required, and all the time and resources.
No, it assumes that anyone *can*. Your idea is a fine one, it's just that nobody with the knowledge to fix the problem has the same itch that you do. You're demanding that "somebody" do something, when *you can!*, and if you can't or won't, then it's within your power to hire someone.
The only reason you would have that code still running on those chips is because it's not forward compatible with something more modern.
Or the bean counters don't want to pay the up-front cost of moving to something more modern. Many financial departments take a 'if it ain't broke' stance on computing hardware (and software!). many of them don't factor in electricity and maintenance costs, all they see is "$N Dollars for new server hardware? Why? That's rediculous!"
Dunno about that...i think the AVR instruction set is probably faster at 8Mhz then an 8086 at the same speed; it's at the very least equivalent. The x86 instruction set really is a mess...
Harrison Ford can't act. He's a one trick pony, but it's a great trick.
Seriously, compare Han Solo to Indiana Jones to Deckard to the Fugitive guy. It's all just harrison ford being harrison ford.
Casting Harrison Ford is like casting Sean Connery, you cast him because you want the character to be like that guy rather than the other way around.
My favourite Sean Connery role was The Hunt for Red October, where he became the world's only Russian with a Scottish accent.
My favorite was The Highlander, where he was a Spaniard with a Scottish accent. in scotland. With a Scott who had some other crazy "non-specifically foreign" accent.
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Looks like you dropped this:
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A rock.
you're conflating genericity with rarity, which are two different things. UI design, good or bad, is a fairly generic skill (and can be applied to a lot of different fields)
What point are you trying to make? Old games had to fit on small media, this is not news.
I agree with this. I payed less than that for both my first house (which was old...) and my first car (which was new!)
Where is this cheap cellular service? not in the US...
Presumably, the data plan is useful for more than just aggressive price comparison. If comparing prices is the *only* thing you do with your data plan, then this simple math works. If it's not, then you're cost-benefit tree just got deeper.
True, but there's more glass then just the windshield. All those doors need to be taken apart. The rear glass as well. Silly high windows in the body behind the back doors? those need replaced too.
So lets say $1000 in glass. 2.5% of the value of the car, now lets get into labor.
Hmmm...guess I haven't been using any computers since about 1999 (my last windows machine). There aren't any alternatives! I guess i'm posting this message using my brain or something.
Tens of users affected! Not relevant.
And here is where opensource software completely misses the boat. It is always assumed that anyone with any ideas is ALSO able to implement their idea, including every bit of knowledge required, and all the time and resources.
No, it assumes that anyone *can*. Your idea is a fine one, it's just that nobody with the knowledge to fix the problem has the same itch that you do. You're demanding that "somebody" do something, when *you can!*, and if you can't or won't, then it's within your power to hire someone.
perhaps nobody figured out that those vibrations would calm parkinson's tremors? things don't have to be 'high-tech' to be novel...
There's a difference?
a good scapegoat for some folks who can't find that perfect 200k a year job churning out basic DBA apps
This is so exactly right. I've never had a problem finding a job in software, it seems there's plenty of demand. People love to make excuses.
I miss the good old days.
No we're not! i'm browsing slashdot from work *right now!*
Part of what makes prison a punishment is that you're disallowed to be productive...
ReiserFS predates ext4, and it's hard to be an active software developer in prison.
So...disable all the features you aren't using to minimize your threat surface?
The only reason you would have that code still running on those chips is because it's not forward compatible with something more modern.
Or the bean counters don't want to pay the up-front cost of moving to something more modern. Many financial departments take a 'if it ain't broke' stance on computing hardware (and software!). many of them don't factor in electricity and maintenance costs, all they see is "$N Dollars for new server hardware? Why? That's rediculous!"
It's why many COBOL programmers still have a job.
If you're hitting disk cache that often, you need more memory.
Dunno about that...i think the AVR instruction set is probably faster at 8Mhz then an 8086 at the same speed; it's at the very least equivalent. The x86 instruction set really is a mess...
Harrison Ford can't act. He's a one trick pony, but it's a great trick.
Seriously, compare Han Solo to Indiana Jones to Deckard to the Fugitive guy. It's all just harrison ford being harrison ford.
Casting Harrison Ford is like casting Sean Connery, you cast him because you want the character to be like that guy rather than the other way around.
My favourite Sean Connery role was The Hunt for Red October, where he became the world's only Russian with a Scottish accent.
My favorite was The Highlander, where he was a Spaniard with a Scottish accent. in scotland. With a Scott who had some other crazy "non-specifically foreign" accent.
Wish i could upvote this, but I already commented. It describes exactly my feelings about lisp.