User: NatasRevol

Re:That's it?

On: Google's Engineers Are Well Paid, Not Just Well Fed

Datacenter technicians are not the same as software development engineers.

Re:$128,000?

On: Google's Engineers Are Well Paid, Not Just Well Fed

At $2k/month for a small rental, minimum living wage ain't cheap there. God forbid you have a family.

http://www.apartments.com/California/Mountain-View

Re:$128,000?

On: Google's Engineers Are Well Paid, Not Just Well Fed

If you're making $40k in the US, you're not developing software like the software engineers at Google are.

Or you graduated with a 2.4 GPA.

Re:I wonder if the same thing happens here

On: "New Statesman" Pirates Its Own Magazine

Assuming english forums, it's probably good practice for speaking/writing english.

And they get paid for it.

It's a two-fer.

Re:Hard times, coming your way

On: "New Statesman" Pirates Its Own Magazine

No. With global warming, the land bridge to Asia is closed for repairs.

Re:Broken PDF link?

On: "New Statesman" Pirates Its Own Magazine

Kind of like posting on slashdot, at work, for money.

Man, that'd be nice.

Re:Doesn't matter

On: Is Microsoft's Price Model For the Surface Justifiable?

Yes. Quark died a long time ago.

Re:It shouldn't be hard for Apple

On: In UK, Apple Must Run Ad Apologizing to Samsung

Apple will definitely go down this road.

The judge gave clear language on how to display the apology, but not on what the apology should entail.

Something like:

"We apologize for implying that any Samsung product was as sleek or as easy to use as the (link to ipad page)Apple iPad.(\link)"

Re:Maybe. Contrary to the laws of article titling.

On: Is Microsoft's Price Model For the Surface Justifiable?

You might want to see who the OEMs were 15 years ago.

Most of them aren't in that business any more. If they're in business at all.

3 of the top 5 don't sell them any more.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_share_of_leading_PC_vendors#1996-2000

I wouldn't call that sustainable.

Re:Doesn't matter

On: Is Microsoft's Price Model For the Surface Justifiable?

I think VMware has helped this a lot too.

Need Windows? Spin up a VM or 3, whatever OS your company has licensed. Build your software, run your CAD program, etc. Delete it when done, build a template, whatever.

Use the Mac for your stuff, including RDPing to your vCenter.

Re:Yes.

On: Is Microsoft's Price Model For the Surface Justifiable?

90 million?

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-windows-7-sales-fastest,9792.html

I'm sure a lot of that is enterprise licensing, but it's still upgrades.

Re:Yes.

On: Is Microsoft's Price Model For the Surface Justifiable?

Oh, she was bobbing alright.

Re:time to get a job on wall street

On: Faculty To Grad Students: Go Work 80-Hour Weeks!

Get one who has a full time job.

Problem solved.

Re:conventional malware = windows malware

On: Malware Is 'Rampant' On Medical Devices In Hospitals

It's as simple as this.

The doctors demanded it.

They're the goose with the golden egg, so they get what they want.

End of story.

Re:time to get a job on wall street

On: Faculty To Grad Students: Go Work 80-Hour Weeks!

Get a house. Or two.
Get a kid. Or two.

That'll cut your taxes in half.

Re:Chinese smog???

On: Huge Geoengineering Project Violates UN Rules

The ones that also have cocaine?

Re:100 tons in, 100 million tons out.

On: Huge Geoengineering Project Violates UN Rules

So we shouldn't care about this because other people are doing worse things.

Yay for lack of caring?

Re:"This is not a secondary business like Xbox..."

On: Microsoft Surface Pricing Goes Toe-to-Toe With Apple iPad

Also, here's an Android 4 tablet with similar specs, but better screen (1900x1200) than SurfaceRT for $500.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230481&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-NA-_-NA

Re:"This is not a secondary business like Xbox..."

On: Microsoft Surface Pricing Goes Toe-to-Toe With Apple iPad

So, for the same price I can get a much better screen.

Which was my original point. Thanks for making it for me.

Re:truth sucks

On: Faculty To Grad Students: Go Work 80-Hour Weeks!

Not if you get tenure.

Re:"This is not a secondary business like Xbox..."

On: Microsoft Surface Pricing Goes Toe-to-Toe With Apple iPad

WinRT email is still limited.
"Certain email sending features, since Windows RT does not support Outlook or other desktop mail applications (opening a mail app, such as the mail app that comes with Windows RT devices, and inserting your Office content works fine)"
http://blogs.office.com/b/office-next/archive/2012/09/13/building-office-for-windows-rt.aspx

Why don't you think a much lower resolution screen is important? Probably more important for consumers wanting to play games & watch movies in hi-def.

Re:Microsoft advantage and disadvantage

On: Microsoft Surface Pricing Goes Toe-to-Toe With Apple iPad

If your web app requires ActiveX or Flash or Quicktime or just about any other plug-in technology, it's dead on WinRT.

I imagine that's not an insignificant percentage of web apps.

Re:time to get a job on wall street

On: Faculty To Grad Students: Go Work 80-Hour Weeks!

Typical signing bonus is about 1/2 of salary, so that should cover taxes for a couple of years.

Re:truth sucks

On: Faculty To Grad Students: Go Work 80-Hour Weeks!

So, is the cycle to work 80 hours until you get tenure? Or until the next batch of noobs shows up?

Because one is MUCH more palatable than the other.

Re:Merry Christmas!

On: Microsoft Surface Pricing Goes Toe-to-Toe With Apple iPad

After being fined millions of dollars by the FTC. Accidentally.