I have a Creative Labs Zen V Plus. I bought this after doing some research about what mp3 players were available at the time. I wanted something that:
* Had 4GB or more storage, flash-based. * Had a decent battery life (8-10 hours). * Played MP3s; not concerned with other formats (though OggVorbis would be nice)
I ended up debating between a similar iPod product (can't remember the specific one) and the Zen V. I ended up choosing the Zen V Plus because:
1. $30 cheaper. 2. FM Radio (rarely used, but it is there) 3. Voice recording capability
The iPod did look nicer, and I'm sure that it might be a bit easier to use - but the Zen V Plus is pretty easy to use, too. So far I have owned it for about six months. My only complaint is that the screen has a lot of scratches on it now (I am rather rough with it, to be honest), and the screen can be difficult to read in sunlight - but an iPod would be the same.
Overall, I think it is a better value; I spent $99 instead of $129 for a system that is capable of doing more, just with a different interface and a different shell.
A website that was very helpful to me is Anything But iPod, which reviews non-iPod players. If you're in the market for an mp3 player, might want to stop there and take a look around before you make a purchase.
But it does weed out people who aren't careful and don't know their stuff as well as they think they do. At least this guy sends them a response - most employers I know just ignore you completely if they're not interested. And, to his credit, he points out what is wrong, which is great for learning.
That is far too idyllic for the real world. As true as it may be, doing something I love for a living would mean having little to no income. It simple is not feasible.
And so I suffer through 8-10 hours a day of writing code and putting up with my coworkers. It isn't fun - but I get paid to do it. I get paid pretty well, too. Enough that I stay.
At least I can pursue something I do enjoy in my free time. Currently looking into a Wildlife Rehabilitation license.
As true as that may be, if Google doesn't apply for a patent, then some patent troll might just pop up a year later and sue Google for a bazillion dollars. I'm sure that the engineers at Google feel the same way you do about software patents; they just need to do things like this to protect themselves from a lawsuit.
I would have gone into ecology or possibly zoology had I known what I know today. Not only is IT work boring, it is thankless, and as cliche as it may sound, I don't like the idea that all my work is doing nothing but making other people wealthy.
He isn't asking that you write his paper for him. He is looking for information and hoping that a colleague will point him to something interesting. I don't see anything wrong with that. Someone here might know of some research or project that would be very helpful that the OP could use.
Sorry to see that you're so jaded. No idea why you were modded up as 'insightful'. More like troll.
I think Kucinich's primary motivation here is attention whoring and satisfying the radical left. I haven't looked at the charges or the evidence behind them, but the fact that Pelosi isn't in support of this speaks volumes. Time will tell of course, but you'll have to remember that his prior media stunt against Cheney hasn't gone anywhere.
[...] Ruby developers would not have to go through the machinations of using something like the RJS (Ruby JavaScript) utility, where they write Ruby code and RJS generates JavaScript code to run on the client, Lam said.
They never DID have to go through something like RJS. They could just, you know, learn JavaScript. It isn't very difficult.
Whenever I see a Jack Thompson story these days, I know that I'm going to be laughing my ass off. This is no different. His antics are hilarious.
I'm certain that disbarment will not stop him from continuing with his grandstanding and other general silliness, and, as much of a PITA he has been for some people, I'm hoping that he will stick around for years to come. He is simply too entertaining.
If you want to have a dog, you might as well have a child.
Are you kidding me? Children: * Can't be potty trained for over a year. A dog takes a few days. * Can't be left alone for a few hours. A dog is perfectly fine by himself. * Are extremely expensive. Dogs are very cheap in comparison. * Will turn into teenagers and dress in all black to spite you. Dogs are always affectionate.
Dogs are way better than human children, and they're a hell of a lot cuter, too. I have no idea why humans breed these days, at least here in the US.
I'd have to disagree that cats are 'just as affectionate' as dogs. I have lived with both. I have also lived with horses, rabbits, cattle, snakes, mice, fish, ferrets, and a few other critters. None of them are as affectionate or attentive as a dog. I would put horses or ferrets second.
Dogs are designed to be pack animals. Cats are designed to be independent loners. One is going to be more affectionate and social than the other by default. Sure, there are always exceptions, but in general, I've found this to be true.
Cats are great if all you want is a fuzzy companion walking about that doesn't require maintenance, and if your living space is limited. Dogs are great if you want more interaction, and don't mind the extra work and you have more room.
I would never, ever keep a dog in an apartment or a small house, not even one of those little ankle biters. Dogs need some room to run around.
That said, dogs really aren't all that much work. I have three dogs right now. I put out food for them to eat as they wish, I change the water twice a day, and they have a doggie door out into a fenced yard if they want to pee or whatever. Check over the yard every day or two and pick up any poop, only takes a few minutes to clean up. It works really well.
I've also never seen a cat play fetch, play tug of war, warn strangers, get my slippers, etc., etc. Dogs have a more advanced brain (I'm not going to dig up the articles, but you can find them if you want) and are simply capable of more. Cats are more hard wired. Granted, automatic potty training is a plus, but beyond that your options are limited.
Another reason I prefer dogs? They're awesome kissers. (o:
2) Eliminate competition with its own cable offerings. If you can watch the latest news from CNN or TV shows from NBC streamed *from* CNN or NBC, then you don't need to pay $60 / month for cable TV. This is a major threat to Comcast, and they are trying to make it infeasible.
I had never though of this - wish I had mod points today, you'd get them.
Drive makers have always relied on questionable statistics and outright misrepresentation to make sales, and as we all know, statistics are worse than even damned lies.
I am not a supporter of industry regulation or class action lawsuits, I think that both are use far too much these days, but it would be nice if these companies were given a hard kick in the pants. They've gotten away with this for far too long.
I highly doubt that the Bush administration had anything to do with dictating what technology the census bureau uses to do its job.
You may hate Bush, and that's fine, but blaming him for everything that you don't like is really quite silly. This is nothing more than 'Government Waste As Usual'.
Government - no matter who is in charge - is wasteful and inefficient, which is one of the reasons why it should be as small as possible.
Why do you equate "less sophisticated" with any sort of depracation?
Because that word, like every word, has connotations. In our society, being 'less sophisticated' also carries the connotations of unintelligent, having the inability to understand something, or of being low class.
I read it as a bit of a slam myself, to be honest. I'm sure that a lot of other people did, too.
I know that a lot of people have been saying, "When the cost of maintaining it exceeds the cost of replacing it." That's nice and they're absolutely correct, but it may be helpful to have a few guidelines when trying to decide if you have reached that point.
A) How much money does it cost to hire someone skilled with the platform? How long does it take to find someone qualified? B) How much money does it cost to train someone to become skilled with the platform? How long? C) How easy is the platform to work with? Can changes be made easily? How easy is it to test changes? D) How good is the support? Even free platforms can have good support. Think more in terms of "time to find an answer" if it helps. Obscure and old platforms can be a pain to maintain, because there is often a smaller community. E) What is the cost (in time) to build your application/site in the new platform? Does this exceed the cost of bug squashing with the current platform? F) If your developers are constantly having problems - is it really the platform, or do you have crappy developers? Usually it is the latter. G) Are your developers going to be developing the new platform? If so, get new ones. In most circumstances, there is an existing platform than can be used or modified, saving tons of time in development and testing costs.
If they can play the exact same game at home, then you need to update your arcades to make it more attractive to potential customers. Don't blame the Wii. Blame yourself.
This is how the Rosetta Stone software works, if anyone was ever curious. Several pictures are shown with a phrase in the foreign language - no translation at all. You have to pick the right one. It goes through permutations of the phrase with different pictures and you eventually learn what each of the words means. It's very effective, much better than the rote memorization that I had to do in school.
For more excellent D&D humor, I highly recommend DM of the Rings by Samus Young. He gets into almost everything that can go wrong during a game: Power gamers, Monty Python quotes, players ignoring the plot and murdering key NPCs by sheer dumb luck, etc. The guy has obviously been around the block a few times. Some of the comments are great, too.
No, that's wasn't his point at all. He was just pointing out that you can't just compare the raw numbers without taking into account other things like GDP. Such comparisons are meaningless otherwise.
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I have a Creative Labs Zen V Plus. I bought this after doing some research about what mp3 players were available at the time. I wanted something that:
* Had 4GB or more storage, flash-based.
* Had a decent battery life (8-10 hours).
* Played MP3s; not concerned with other formats (though OggVorbis would be nice)
I ended up debating between a similar iPod product (can't remember the specific one) and the Zen V. I ended up choosing the Zen V Plus because:
1. $30 cheaper.
2. FM Radio (rarely used, but it is there)
3. Voice recording capability
The iPod did look nicer, and I'm sure that it might be a bit easier to use - but the Zen V Plus is pretty easy to use, too. So far I have owned it for about six months. My only complaint is that the screen has a lot of scratches on it now (I am rather rough with it, to be honest), and the screen can be difficult to read in sunlight - but an iPod would be the same.
Overall, I think it is a better value; I spent $99 instead of $129 for a system that is capable of doing more, just with a different interface and a different shell.
A website that was very helpful to me is Anything But iPod, which reviews non-iPod players. If you're in the market for an mp3 player, might want to stop there and take a look around before you make a purchase.
But it does weed out people who aren't careful and don't know their stuff as well as they think they do. At least this guy sends them a response - most employers I know just ignore you completely if they're not interested. And, to his credit, he points out what is wrong, which is great for learning.
That is far too idyllic for the real world. As true as it may be, doing something I love for a living would mean having little to no income. It simple is not feasible.
And so I suffer through 8-10 hours a day of writing code and putting up with my coworkers. It isn't fun - but I get paid to do it. I get paid pretty well, too. Enough that I stay.
At least I can pursue something I do enjoy in my free time. Currently looking into a Wildlife Rehabilitation license.
Not according to my company's HR department. A few weeks ago they put out a job posting for a "Pearl" developer...
As true as that may be, if Google doesn't apply for a patent, then some patent troll might just pop up a year later and sue Google for a bazillion dollars. I'm sure that the engineers at Google feel the same way you do about software patents; they just need to do things like this to protect themselves from a lawsuit.
I would have gone into ecology or possibly zoology had I known what I know today. Not only is IT work boring, it is thankless, and as cliche as it may sound, I don't like the idea that all my work is doing nothing but making other people wealthy.
He isn't asking that you write his paper for him. He is looking for information and hoping that a colleague will point him to something interesting. I don't see anything wrong with that. Someone here might know of some research or project that would be very helpful that the OP could use.
Sorry to see that you're so jaded. No idea why you were modded up as 'insightful'. More like troll.
I think Kucinich's primary motivation here is attention whoring and satisfying the radical left. I haven't looked at the charges or the evidence behind them, but the fact that Pelosi isn't in support of this speaks volumes. Time will tell of course, but you'll have to remember that his prior media stunt against Cheney hasn't gone anywhere.
By the way: Nobody is forcing you to use the new edition.
Are you kidding me?
Whenever I see a Jack Thompson story these days, I know that I'm going to be laughing my ass off. This is no different. His antics are hilarious.
I'm certain that disbarment will not stop him from continuing with his grandstanding and other general silliness, and, as much of a PITA he has been for some people, I'm hoping that he will stick around for years to come. He is simply too entertaining.
* Can't be potty trained for over a year. A dog takes a few days.
* Can't be left alone for a few hours. A dog is perfectly fine by himself.
* Are extremely expensive. Dogs are very cheap in comparison.
* Will turn into teenagers and dress in all black to spite you. Dogs are always affectionate.
Dogs are way better than human children, and they're a hell of a lot cuter, too. I have no idea why humans breed these days, at least here in the US.
I'd have to disagree that cats are 'just as affectionate' as dogs. I have lived with both. I have also lived with horses, rabbits, cattle, snakes, mice, fish, ferrets, and a few other critters. None of them are as affectionate or attentive as a dog. I would put horses or ferrets second.
Dogs are designed to be pack animals. Cats are designed to be independent loners. One is going to be more affectionate and social than the other by default. Sure, there are always exceptions, but in general, I've found this to be true.
Cats are great if all you want is a fuzzy companion walking about that doesn't require maintenance, and if your living space is limited. Dogs are great if you want more interaction, and don't mind the extra work and you have more room.
I would never, ever keep a dog in an apartment or a small house, not even one of those little ankle biters. Dogs need some room to run around.
That said, dogs really aren't all that much work. I have three dogs right now. I put out food for them to eat as they wish, I change the water twice a day, and they have a doggie door out into a fenced yard if they want to pee or whatever. Check over the yard every day or two and pick up any poop, only takes a few minutes to clean up. It works really well.
I've also never seen a cat play fetch, play tug of war, warn strangers, get my slippers, etc., etc. Dogs have a more advanced brain (I'm not going to dig up the articles, but you can find them if you want) and are simply capable of more. Cats are more hard wired. Granted, automatic potty training is a plus, but beyond that your options are limited.
Another reason I prefer dogs? They're awesome kissers. (o:
Exercise? Are you kidding me?
Do you know what happens when I exercise? I burn calories - and that produces heat - which warms the earth! Exercising causes global warming!
Do you know what else happens? I breathe in more oxygen... And I breathe out CO2, a greenhouse gas that causes global warming!
If we can get everyone to do their part and not exercise, just think of the impact we can make!
I had never though of this - wish I had mod points today, you'd get them.
It is because of this kind of behavior that I refer to him as R. M. Stalin.
A lot of the server code is written in Python as well. They use a Python variant called Stackless Python.
From a wonderful satire site Married to the Sea, comes this little gem.
Drive makers have always relied on questionable statistics and outright misrepresentation to make sales, and as we all know, statistics are worse than even damned lies.
I am not a supporter of industry regulation or class action lawsuits, I think that both are use far too much these days, but it would be nice if these companies were given a hard kick in the pants. They've gotten away with this for far too long.
I highly doubt that the Bush administration had anything to do with dictating what technology the census bureau uses to do its job.
You may hate Bush, and that's fine, but blaming him for everything that you don't like is really quite silly. This is nothing more than 'Government Waste As Usual'.
Government - no matter who is in charge - is wasteful and inefficient, which is one of the reasons why it should be as small as possible.
I read it as a bit of a slam myself, to be honest. I'm sure that a lot of other people did, too.
I know that a lot of people have been saying, "When the cost of maintaining it exceeds the cost of replacing it." That's nice and they're absolutely correct, but it may be helpful to have a few guidelines when trying to decide if you have reached that point.
A) How much money does it cost to hire someone skilled with the platform? How long does it take to find someone qualified?
B) How much money does it cost to train someone to become skilled with the platform? How long?
C) How easy is the platform to work with? Can changes be made easily? How easy is it to test changes?
D) How good is the support? Even free platforms can have good support. Think more in terms of "time to find an answer" if it helps. Obscure and old platforms can be a pain to maintain, because there is often a smaller community.
E) What is the cost (in time) to build your application/site in the new platform? Does this exceed the cost of bug squashing with the current platform?
F) If your developers are constantly having problems - is it really the platform, or do you have crappy developers? Usually it is the latter.
G) Are your developers going to be developing the new platform? If so, get new ones. In most circumstances, there is an existing platform than can be used or modified, saving tons of time in development and testing costs.
Hope that helps.
It would have been nice for the summary to include a link to the Haiku OS site.
Get better games into the arcades.
If they can play the exact same game at home, then you need to update your arcades to make it more attractive to potential customers. Don't blame the Wii. Blame yourself.
This is how the Rosetta Stone software works, if anyone was ever curious. Several pictures are shown with a phrase in the foreign language - no translation at all. You have to pick the right one. It goes through permutations of the phrase with different pictures and you eventually learn what each of the words means. It's very effective, much better than the rote memorization that I had to do in school.
For more excellent D&D humor, I highly recommend DM of the Rings by Samus Young. He gets into almost everything that can go wrong during a game: Power gamers, Monty Python quotes, players ignoring the plot and murdering key NPCs by sheer dumb luck, etc. The guy has obviously been around the block a few times. Some of the comments are great, too.
No, that's wasn't his point at all. He was just pointing out that you can't just compare the raw numbers without taking into account other things like GDP. Such comparisons are meaningless otherwise.