Redmond, they're called "Preferences". You can add a radio button or checkbox or pulldown menu that lets users select how they want Windows 7 to operate. It doesn't have to be all or none. Thanks.
I think it means that the beautiful design of the machine is hidden away in the basement:)
The "beautiful design" of the Mac Mini was hidden away in the design studio in Cupertino in the interest of producing a low-cost unit. MacBooks and iMacs are beautiful. Mac Mini's...not so much.
Why should a government not be forced to lay people off when the economy is? (sic)
Assuming the missing word in your question is "bad", the answer is that laying off people worsens the already worsening economy. Even conservatives should admit that one of the basic roles of government is to govern (thus the name). A governor, in mechanical terms, regulates an engine from going too fast or too slow. If it slows an already too slow engine, it is not doing its job. Laying workers off is the exact opposite if what government should do during a downturn. Laying them off in a booming economy is best, for they then have the best chances of finding other jobs and continuing to be functioning members of society.
Speaking as someone who has a degree in technical writing, your question is symptomatic of the entire industry's attitude toward (read: lack of respect for) technical writing. You hire people with degrees to run your networks and program your computers and execute your business processes, so why are you not hiring someone with a degree to do your technical writing? It's a specific skill that most people do not have and those who do it have had to study and learn. Realize that and you'll be better off.
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I thought Apple learned the lesson with the IPOD with how it pisses people off.
It took Steve Jobs 15 years to learn that users wanted a second mouse button. I think we're seeing here that his stubborn streak continues. See also: lack of cut & paste on the iPhone.
(Before you mod me "flamebait", I'm an avid Mac & iPhone user. I just don't think Apple's always right.)
I'm sorry you got burned. Cases like this are why I always recommend extended warranties (such as AppleCare) for any brand of portable computer. Desktops rarely need it, but portables take enough jostles and have such tight manufacturing and operating tolerances that the extra cost often ends up paying off.
If you fly to Australia (presumably from the U.S. and not from NZ or something) and need your laptop the whole time, invest in an airline power adaptor
Speaking as a frequent air traveler, I'd never go near a 17" laptop of any brand--it's too darned large even if you upgrade out of coach/economy. My 15" MacBook Pro is even too large (but it does have a swappable battery as any true portable should--no way I'm defending Apple on this issue.)
Our schools are not foundering due to a lack of funding. They are foundering because a powerful public education cartel has driven school spending skyward
Please tell that to the teachers who have to buy their own pencils and crayons because the school cannot afford them.
Better yet, please tell that again to ME, who just had to donate a dozen PC's to a local elementary school because they were using 10-year old Macs they could not afford to upgrade. "School spending skyward" my shiny metal butt.
They are still doing vastly better than most Chinese through history
I'm sorry, I can't agree with this. If you give me a choice between working a rice paddy or being effectively chained to a hard stool with guards and spies, I'd choose the former 10 times out of 10. Advancement this is not.
Yes, he does believe it and so do I. We've had 8 years of "tax cuts are how you stimulate the economy" and look where we are. But the Republicans continue to oppose the opposite tack as if it's not worth trying. Our schools are foundering. Our internet is slower than any other developed nation. Yet Republicans forced spending on both of those VERY NEEDY PROGRAMS to be cut from this bill. Both would be the epitome of economic stimulus but Republicans are obstructionists yet again. It's simply true. So yes, we believe it. Funny how that works.
Bollocks. Never seen it, or heard of it, except from software vendors trying to scare people.
Then you weren't reading the news or/. just last week when pirated versions of iLife '09 and Adobe CS4 were both found to have trojan horses in them that installed "responders" that phoned home to remote control computers somewhere on the internet. Backdoors in torrented software are by no means whatsoever a myth.
Are the jobs being laid off REALLY Information Technology?
Yes, some are. I personally know three true IT workers who have been laid off. Admittedly this is only three out of hundreds I know personally or in passing, but they exist. And they're getting no bites at all in their job searches. Those of you saying there are jobs to be found must know something we don't (we're in Delaware, by the way.)
The theory is to fire the lowest 10% in relation to performance every quarter. Ugly, yet effective.
Ugly yes, but only effective in the very short term. 10% per quarter equals 40% turnover per year. No highly-qualified candidate you interview is going to want to hear this number and the best ones are certain to find it out either from you or other sources.
Further, you'll be spending huge amounts of time trying to find new personnel to replace the ones you let go or cross/retrain the existing ones to do the work that the laid off ones did. Productivity will grind to a halt and your company will be in really deep shit compared to your competitors who didn't dig themselves in the hole you dug yourself.
If we were a hive-mind and could read employers' minds, you would be correct. But because we are independent thinkers and are not omniscient, we have no way of knowing what the guy next to us is asking in wages, nor do we know what employers are paying their H1B workers. So go on dreaming that you dictate your own salary, especially in the current economy.
our economic strength comes from the thousands of immigrants who come here for a better life by getting good jobs or starting businesses.
If that's what they do, then I agree with you and all power to them. The problem, as stated by other posts in this thread, are the immigrants who ship a large percentage of their wages back to India or Mexico or wherever. That means their presence here does not help our economy but hurts it.
What makes you any better or more deserving than these people?
Relativity. I shop at their stores and interact with them in society. Economies flourish when money earned in a community goes back into that community. If that money departs to help families 12,000 miles away who spend it 12,000 miles away, my community suffers. The immigrants, by not spending here, are a literal drag on all locals whose businesses depend on reinvestment of locally-earned wages.
The economy isn't a zero-sum game.
When unemployment is low, you are correct. As soon as it goes up to the 8% (and growing) that it is now, your statement is incorrect, because there are limited jobs. It takes the loss of one to create an opening for an unemployed person seeking work, which is the very definition of zero-sum.
Yes, it is flamebait. NOT the linked article but the summary. I challenge you: find the word "unacceptable" ANYWHERE in Galbraith's article. And when you're not able to maybe you'll realize putting "unacceptable" (in quotes) in the summary is pure unadulterated flamebait because it's a baldface lie. Before you get on your high horse you need to differentiate between modding the summary flamebait and modding the source article same. I think I speak for most moderators when I say my flamebait mods are for the text I read here on/., not on other sites.
And you're arguing semantics, not actual facts. Ever heard of "gravity, it's not just 14ft/sec^2, it's the law"? Same usage.
I think what you are witnessing is consumers and businesses hurting because of the shrinking economy and a $250 netbook is looking mighty affordable to them.
...which is pretty much what the original article is stating: consumers want cheaper prices not faster PC's.
This isn't going to stop any of the companies doing R&D to keep pace with Moore's observation.
It certainly will slow R&D as they lay off workers, so I challenge you on this point too.
I hadn't visited Monster in years, but this story made me go over there and log in and update my profile (after I e-mailed them asking if my account was one of those compromised.) If this was viral marketing to get them more visits, it worked in my case.
* Pay Freeze - All hat no horse. He hires someone Jan 20th at a salary of 130,000 and implements a pay freeze if this freeze last less than a year what actual impact does it have? I did not get a raise within the first year at my current job am I under a freeze?
You don't seem to realize how many government workers stay at their positions regardless of the administration. It's not as if every civil servant got laid off on January 20th and a whole new cadre got hired. The freeze obviously applied to people in existing positions.
Get ready for a big old case of nimby. A power plant doesn't sound too bad now does it.
You assume a backyard is needed. If we (finally) put these people on trial, MAYBE half will be convicted--the other half will not need to be put anywhere as they'll be released. The half that we have to put somewhere only number in the hundreds and I see little reason why they could not be simply integrated into our existing prison systems.
we will ignore that he has no plans of making these changes law just an executive order he have change at anytime (sic).
So because he MIGHT at some point in the future change his mind but you have no proof that he has any intention of doing so, he is guilty in your mind. Nice. What is it like grasping at straws to maintain your hate?
"Maybe they did it because they thought the records wouldn't be disclosed," said Fuchs. "That raises issues possible destruction of evidence issues - if they expected litigation."
And how exactly does this apply to TEMPORARY e-mail addresses used for a day until they got their WhiteHouse accounts working? Hmmm?
If it automatically played a theme song after every head shot, this would be the coolest rifle accessory ever.
Am I the only one who found this attempt at humor disturbing and objectionable?
(And yes, I know my comment will get me modded down, but I strongly doubt I'm alone in thinking a real life killing is quite different from killing in an FPS.)
Why is it so many conservatives go on "Gore vs. the peasants" raps online but when they go into the voting booth they consistently choose the party that screws the peasants?
Come up to Kanuckistan and you'll see just how much higher your marginal tax rate is on the last few hours income each week.
Unless the tax rate is greater than or equal to 100%, you're wrong--it will always benefit you to work more hours than fewer. Yes, the per-hour benefit will decrease at higher brackets but the benefit will never completely go away.
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testers often have opposing views about a feature
Redmond, they're called "Preferences". You can add a radio button or checkbox or pulldown menu that lets users select how they want Windows 7 to operate. It doesn't have to be all or none. Thanks.
I think it means that the beautiful design of the machine is hidden away in the basement :)
The "beautiful design" of the Mac Mini was hidden away in the design studio in Cupertino in the interest of producing a low-cost unit. MacBooks and iMacs are beautiful. Mac Mini's...not so much.
Why should a government not be forced to lay people off when the economy is? (sic)
Assuming the missing word in your question is "bad", the answer is that laying off people worsens the already worsening economy. Even conservatives should admit that one of the basic roles of government is to govern (thus the name). A governor, in mechanical terms, regulates an engine from going too fast or too slow. If it slows an already too slow engine, it is not doing its job. Laying workers off is the exact opposite if what government should do during a downturn. Laying them off in a booming economy is best, for they then have the best chances of finding other jobs and continuing to be functioning members of society.
Speaking as someone who has a degree in technical writing, your question is symptomatic of the entire industry's attitude toward (read: lack of respect for) technical writing. You hire people with degrees to run your networks and program your computers and execute your business processes, so why are you not hiring someone with a degree to do your technical writing? It's a specific skill that most people do not have and those who do it have had to study and learn. Realize that and you'll be better off. [/rant]
I thought Apple learned the lesson with the IPOD with how it pisses people off.
It took Steve Jobs 15 years to learn that users wanted a second mouse button. I think we're seeing here that his stubborn streak continues. See also: lack of cut & paste on the iPhone.
(Before you mod me "flamebait", I'm an avid Mac & iPhone user. I just don't think Apple's always right.)
just out of warranty
I'm sorry you got burned. Cases like this are why I always recommend extended warranties (such as AppleCare) for any brand of portable computer. Desktops rarely need it, but portables take enough jostles and have such tight manufacturing and operating tolerances that the extra cost often ends up paying off.
If you fly to Australia (presumably from the U.S. and not from NZ or something) and need your laptop the whole time, invest in an airline power adaptor
Speaking as a frequent air traveler, I'd never go near a 17" laptop of any brand--it's too darned large even if you upgrade out of coach/economy. My 15" MacBook Pro is even too large (but it does have a swappable battery as any true portable should--no way I'm defending Apple on this issue.)
Our schools are not foundering due to a lack of funding. They are foundering because a powerful public education cartel has driven school spending skyward
Please tell that to the teachers who have to buy their own pencils and crayons because the school cannot afford them.
Better yet, please tell that again to ME, who just had to donate a dozen PC's to a local elementary school because they were using 10-year old Macs they could not afford to upgrade. "School spending skyward" my shiny metal butt.
They are still doing vastly better than most Chinese through history
I'm sorry, I can't agree with this. If you give me a choice between working a rice paddy or being effectively chained to a hard stool with guards and spies, I'd choose the former 10 times out of 10. Advancement this is not.
holy shit. You actually believe that, don't you?
Yes, he does believe it and so do I. We've had 8 years of "tax cuts are how you stimulate the economy" and look where we are. But the Republicans continue to oppose the opposite tack as if it's not worth trying. Our schools are foundering. Our internet is slower than any other developed nation. Yet Republicans forced spending on both of those VERY NEEDY PROGRAMS to be cut from this bill. Both would be the epitome of economic stimulus but Republicans are obstructionists yet again. It's simply true. So yes, we believe it. Funny how that works.
Bollocks. Never seen it, or heard of it, except from software vendors trying to scare people.
Then you weren't reading the news or /. just last week when pirated versions of iLife '09 and Adobe CS4 were both found to have trojan horses in them that installed "responders" that phoned home to remote control computers somewhere on the internet. Backdoors in torrented software are by no means whatsoever a myth.
Are the jobs being laid off REALLY Information Technology?
Yes, some are. I personally know three true IT workers who have been laid off. Admittedly this is only three out of hundreds I know personally or in passing, but they exist. And they're getting no bites at all in their job searches. Those of you saying there are jobs to be found must know something we don't (we're in Delaware, by the way.)
The theory is to fire the lowest 10% in relation to performance every quarter. Ugly, yet effective.
Ugly yes, but only effective in the very short term. 10% per quarter equals 40% turnover per year. No highly-qualified candidate you interview is going to want to hear this number and the best ones are certain to find it out either from you or other sources.
Further, you'll be spending huge amounts of time trying to find new personnel to replace the ones you let go or cross/retrain the existing ones to do the work that the laid off ones did. Productivity will grind to a halt and your company will be in really deep shit compared to your competitors who didn't dig themselves in the hole you dug yourself.
The American worker.
If we were a hive-mind and could read employers' minds, you would be correct. But because we are independent thinkers and are not omniscient, we have no way of knowing what the guy next to us is asking in wages, nor do we know what employers are paying their H1B workers. So go on dreaming that you dictate your own salary, especially in the current economy.
our economic strength comes from the thousands of immigrants who come here for a better life by getting good jobs or starting businesses.
If that's what they do, then I agree with you and all power to them. The problem, as stated by other posts in this thread, are the immigrants who ship a large percentage of their wages back to India or Mexico or wherever. That means their presence here does not help our economy but hurts it.
What makes you any better or more deserving than these people?
Relativity. I shop at their stores and interact with them in society. Economies flourish when money earned in a community goes back into that community. If that money departs to help families 12,000 miles away who spend it 12,000 miles away, my community suffers. The immigrants, by not spending here, are a literal drag on all locals whose businesses depend on reinvestment of locally-earned wages.
The economy isn't a zero-sum game.
When unemployment is low, you are correct. As soon as it goes up to the 8% (and growing) that it is now, your statement is incorrect, because there are limited jobs. It takes the loss of one to create an opening for an unemployed person seeking work, which is the very definition of zero-sum.
Yes, it is flamebait. NOT the linked article but the summary. I challenge you: find the word "unacceptable" ANYWHERE in Galbraith's article. And when you're not able to maybe you'll realize putting "unacceptable" (in quotes) in the summary is pure unadulterated flamebait because it's a baldface lie. Before you get on your high horse you need to differentiate between modding the summary flamebait and modding the source article same. I think I speak for most moderators when I say my flamebait mods are for the text I read here on /., not on other sites.
Moore's "Law" is an observation not a law
And you're arguing semantics, not actual facts. Ever heard of "gravity, it's not just 14ft/sec^2, it's the law"? Same usage.
I think what you are witnessing is consumers and businesses hurting because of the shrinking economy and a $250 netbook is looking mighty affordable to them.
...which is pretty much what the original article is stating: consumers want cheaper prices not faster PC's.
This isn't going to stop any of the companies doing R&D to keep pace with Moore's observation.
It certainly will slow R&D as they lay off workers, so I challenge you on this point too.
I hadn't visited Monster in years, but this story made me go over there and log in and update my profile (after I e-mailed them asking if my account was one of those compromised.) If this was viral marketing to get them more visits, it worked in my case.
* Pay Freeze - All hat no horse. He hires someone Jan 20th at a salary of 130,000 and implements a pay freeze if this freeze last less than a year what actual impact does it have? I did not get a raise within the first year at my current job am I under a freeze?
You don't seem to realize how many government workers stay at their positions regardless of the administration. It's not as if every civil servant got laid off on January 20th and a whole new cadre got hired. The freeze obviously applied to people in existing positions.
Get ready for a big old case of nimby. A power plant doesn't sound too bad now does it.
You assume a backyard is needed. If we (finally) put these people on trial, MAYBE half will be convicted--the other half will not need to be put anywhere as they'll be released. The half that we have to put somewhere only number in the hundreds and I see little reason why they could not be simply integrated into our existing prison systems.
we will ignore that he has no plans of making these changes law just an executive order he have change at anytime (sic).
So because he MIGHT at some point in the future change his mind but you have no proof that he has any intention of doing so, he is guilty in your mind. Nice. What is it like grasping at straws to maintain your hate?
"Maybe they did it because they thought the records wouldn't be disclosed," said Fuchs. "That raises issues possible destruction of evidence issues - if they expected litigation."
And how exactly does this apply to TEMPORARY e-mail addresses used for a day until they got their WhiteHouse accounts working? Hmmm?
If it automatically played a theme song after every head shot, this would be the coolest rifle accessory ever.
Am I the only one who found this attempt at humor disturbing and objectionable?
(And yes, I know my comment will get me modded down, but I strongly doubt I'm alone in thinking a real life killing is quite different from killing in an FPS.)
are tiny houses just for us peasants?
Why is it so many conservatives go on "Gore vs. the peasants" raps online but when they go into the voting booth they consistently choose the party that screws the peasants?
Come up to Kanuckistan and you'll see just how much higher your marginal tax rate is on the last few hours income each week.
Unless the tax rate is greater than or equal to 100%, you're wrong--it will always benefit you to work more hours than fewer. Yes, the per-hour benefit will decrease at higher brackets but the benefit will never completely go away.