I've been developing/maintaining a web tool for 3 years, and I was generally regarded as a also-run in the company.
However, since just last month, this tool has become the most contract-winning tool for my company, apparently every client wants it before giving us the business.
And now everybody in the company greets me on first name basis and the company's open to negotiation.
I lost one of my email subfolders yesterday. when I realized that, I started sweating, not swearing, but perspiring. Personally I don't have time to react on the machine, my brain will be analysing what I have in the crashed hardware and what do I have to lose, then I react accordingly.
I wonder if different OS crashes induce different responses?
I think you have said it already, Google is good for returning acceptable results quickly, but acceptability is something very subjective.
Even by comparing keyword search side by side, one can still consider a worse result better, but who's to judge except the user?
I kept using Yahoo until it's not giving me results that I think are good enough, then I switched to Google, and I'll keep using Google until it's not returning good enough result.
By visiting his site, I found out that he is the Associate Professor of Marketing and E-Commerce, and I was played right into his hand and visited his site! I bet he's laughing with his colleague from the Department of Statistics right now.
Luckily he wasn't trying out the amateur software development.
If we went by his definition of unqualified amateurs, most OSS developers would have been in the same category, but look what these "unqualified amateurs" have done to OSS?
Anyone else having problem with the autoupdate not doing anything? I "Check Update" and was given an option to install 1.0.2, so obviously it knew 1.0.2 is out.
However after clicking on "Install Now" it just shows "downloading and installing updates" but there is no internet connection at all, so it's not really doing anything.
Otherwise can I please have a link to download the patch? Last time I went mozilla.org but couldn't find the patch, and had to download the whole 4.3MB 1.0.1
I do have reaons to use a Tablet PC. As a "road slave", I have to travel to places (by car, bus, rail) very frequently.
After using a PDA and laptop for several months, they just don't cut it. PDA is too small to do anything useful, while a laptop can't function without proper input devices, and it's difficult to do that in car/bus/rail.
The final verdict is to recommend PSP, even with insane loading times.
I find it hard to swallow. For a portable gaming device, I want it to be up and running instantly, even better if it knew I am about to play and already started and waiting for me.
I have a PDA, and usually-in-suspended-mode laptop and a usually-shut-down PC, guess which one I use most for those tiny yet urgent stuff?
they were expected to perform at the same level of expectations as HP workers
HP just has to force every permanent employee to drink and finish a can of beer, juice or water at the end of the day, and contractors are exempted from this ridiculous rule.
With the "laws" nowadays, if someone wants her DNA samples removed from the record, just respect her rights and remove it, but not before passing a DNA Remover ACT 2005 which allows DNA Security Centre to keep a copy of the samples and flag that person.
It's like everybody's allowed to wear bulletproof vest, just don't be the only survivor in a drive by shooting.
Because, according to the article, it was built out of an old case of precious sicilian wines, given to my father years ago by the Baron Antonio Pupillo di Contrada Targia near Siracuse.
You don't get many good looking good given by Barons.
Considering this guy's selling the laptop, the statement of "the ENTIRE LAPTOP is made by SOLID WOOD" isn't quite true.
I wouldn't pick on the LCD screen or the touch pad, but what about the keyboard? It should be quite easy (compared to what he has done) to make wooden keys to fit.
Maybe in the coming days of Longhorn, Microsoft should sell a standard Shorthorn version, with built-in limitation.
I believe normal users don't really know/care the differences, but if you tell them A is a standard version, it has xx features, they can also buy B with x features, people tend to choose former.
However, if you tell consumers A is a standard version with x features, they can also buy a premium version with xx features, people still tend to choose the former, but some of them will upgrade to the latter simply because it is better.
Oh by the way, naming it Shorthorn is just as bad as XP Starter, MS should have the standard Longhorn with fewer features, and come out market Longerhorn as the premium.
Why is it always a good thing to be able to fork a software?
Personally, I would rather look for a replacement software than having to install some sort of 'Classic VB Runtime Environment' just to run some legacy products.
What if VB is F/OSS? I don't think businesses would touch any more of it once MS stops supporting it.
What happens if the cost of each almost-continuous call is incremental?
Say the first 10 VOIP calls are free, and if you make the 11th call within 5 minutes of the 10th call, you pay 1 cent, and if you make your 12th call within 5 minutes of your 11th call, you pay 2 cents, then 4 cents, 8 cents and so on.
Private callers shouldn't have to pay anything due to the engaging nature of personal calls.
Businesses will have to register to get exemption from the charges, thus easily identifiable.
Like spam filters, this won't stop spammers from spamming, but hopefully it's enough to make it less profitable.
We didn't see email spams coming, but we should definitely do something on VOIP when we have the opportunity.
While numbers can be deceiving, I do believe tougher law will prevent crimes.
I remember reading a Chinese story about an emperor visiting a village with a very deep well. He asked one of the villagers if anyone had fallen into the well. The answer was no, because the well is so deep and everybody knows that, so no one has ever been careless enough to fall into it.
And back to the reality, one of the games that I'm involved in has recently introduced a "crime in the city" feature, and many players have been attacked as a result. However, as soon as the first criminal was arrested and mourned about the harsh punishment of being caught (lost points, jail time and whatnot), crime rate drops almost instantly.
Having said all these, sometimes I think the law is not tough enough because we do not yet know how to effectively identify and prosecute the offenders.
By the way, the easter egg that I mentioned here few weeks ago still has not been discovered...
After the DC Sniper incident, this gave me a fright as I thought someone has built a bluetooth-guided sniper rifle, which indicates when your bullet is aligned perfectly with your target's bluetooh tag, and those who auto-accept Bluetooth pairing are in trouble.
Seriously though, I wonder how many people do auto-accept BT connections? My PDA only accepts known pairs, so you need to physically talk to me to pair you up for the first time.
The friendly article seems to mentioned the "success" in BT detection, but didn't go in details of successful connection. It's like car thieves claim to detect 20,000 cars in the city centre, but didn't say how many were unlocked.
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I've been developing/maintaining a web tool for 3 years, and I was generally regarded as a also-run in the company.
However, since just last month, this tool has become the most contract-winning tool for my company, apparently every client wants it before giving us the business.
And now everybody in the company greets me on first name basis and the company's open to negotiation.
I lost one of my email subfolders yesterday. when I realized that, I started sweating, not swearing, but perspiring. Personally I don't have time to react on the machine, my brain will be analysing what I have in the crashed hardware and what do I have to lose, then I react accordingly.
I wonder if different OS crashes induce different responses?
I think you have said it already, Google is good for returning acceptable results quickly, but acceptability is something very subjective.
Even by comparing keyword search side by side, one can still consider a worse result better, but who's to judge except the user?
I kept using Yahoo until it's not giving me results that I think are good enough, then I switched to Google, and I'll keep using Google until it's not returning good enough result.
You think killing prostitutes are bad? Wait until you see soldiers team-killing each other in CounterStrike.
By visiting his site, I found out that he is the Associate Professor of Marketing and E-Commerce, and I was played right into his hand and visited his site! I bet he's laughing with his colleague from the Department of Statistics right now.
Luckily he wasn't trying out the amateur software development.
If we went by his definition of unqualified amateurs, most OSS developers would have been in the same category, but look what these "unqualified amateurs" have done to OSS?
What they need is a built-in webcam like Sony's Vaio TR3A, a flippable camera in the top centre of the monitor, and do a full screen live-feed.
Then you'll be able to move the laptop to anywhere and the screen will still look transparent.
I heard she's the new CEO for MS's new consumer guide division.
Anyone else having problem with the autoupdate not doing anything? I "Check Update" and was given an option to install 1.0.2, so obviously it knew 1.0.2 is out.
However after clicking on "Install Now" it just shows "downloading and installing updates" but there is no internet connection at all, so it's not really doing anything.
Otherwise can I please have a link to download the patch? Last time I went mozilla.org but couldn't find the patch, and had to download the whole 4.3MB 1.0.1
I do have reaons to use a Tablet PC. As a "road slave", I have to travel to places (by car, bus, rail) very frequently.
After using a PDA and laptop for several months, they just don't cut it. PDA is too small to do anything useful, while a laptop can't function without proper input devices, and it's difficult to do that in car/bus/rail.
It's kind of heavy for a tablet. I'm not sure if battery life is more important than having to hand hold an additional kg.
It's still a good place for education as long as there are enough of chicks with no pants
The final verdict is to recommend PSP, even with insane loading times.
I find it hard to swallow. For a portable gaming device, I want it to be up and running instantly, even better if it knew I am about to play and already started and waiting for me.
I have a PDA, and usually-in-suspended-mode laptop and a usually-shut-down PC, guess which one I use most for those tiny yet urgent stuff?
they were expected to perform at the same level of expectations as HP workers
HP just has to force every permanent employee to drink and finish a can of beer, juice or water at the end of the day, and contractors are exempted from this ridiculous rule.
With the "laws" nowadays, if someone wants her DNA samples removed from the record, just respect her rights and remove it, but not before passing a DNA Remover ACT 2005 which allows DNA Security Centre to keep a copy of the samples and flag that person.
It's like everybody's allowed to wear bulletproof vest, just don't be the only survivor in a drive by shooting.
Because, according to the article, it was built out of an old case of precious sicilian wines, given to my father years ago by the Baron Antonio Pupillo di Contrada Targia near Siracuse.
You don't get many good looking good given by Barons.
Considering this guy's selling the laptop, the statement of "the ENTIRE LAPTOP is made by SOLID WOOD" isn't quite true.
I wouldn't pick on the LCD screen or the touch pad, but what about the keyboard? It should be quite easy (compared to what he has done) to make wooden keys to fit.
Maybe in the coming days of Longhorn, Microsoft should sell a standard Shorthorn version, with built-in limitation.
I believe normal users don't really know/care the differences, but if you tell them A is a standard version, it has xx features, they can also buy B with x features, people tend to choose former.
However, if you tell consumers A is a standard version with x features, they can also buy a premium version with xx features, people still tend to choose the former, but some of them will upgrade to the latter simply because it is better.
Oh by the way, naming it Shorthorn is just as bad as XP Starter, MS should have the standard Longhorn with fewer features, and come out market Longerhorn as the premium.
We eat everything we can find, then something else come out from the other end?
Why is it always a good thing to be able to fork a software?
Personally, I would rather look for a replacement software than having to install some sort of 'Classic VB Runtime Environment' just to run some legacy products.
What if VB is F/OSS? I don't think businesses would touch any more of it once MS stops supporting it.
This is Informative?!?! You're wasting time and space here!
Wait? You mean I'm still in my fembots costume?
40 characters. 3 masterworks. 3600 seconds.
One Man to do it all.
What happens if the cost of each almost-continuous call is incremental?
Say the first 10 VOIP calls are free, and if you make the 11th call within 5 minutes of the 10th call, you pay 1 cent, and if you make your 12th call within 5 minutes of your 11th call, you pay 2 cents, then 4 cents, 8 cents and so on.
Private callers shouldn't have to pay anything due to the engaging nature of personal calls.
Businesses will have to register to get exemption from the charges, thus easily identifiable.
Like spam filters, this won't stop spammers from spamming, but hopefully it's enough to make it less profitable.
We didn't see email spams coming, but we should definitely do something on VOIP when we have the opportunity.
While numbers can be deceiving, I do believe tougher law will prevent crimes.
I remember reading a Chinese story about an emperor visiting a village with a very deep well. He asked one of the villagers if anyone had fallen into the well. The answer was no, because the well is so deep and everybody knows that, so no one has ever been careless enough to fall into it.
And back to the reality, one of the games that I'm involved in has recently introduced a "crime in the city" feature, and many players have been attacked as a result. However, as soon as the first criminal was arrested and mourned about the harsh punishment of being caught (lost points, jail time and whatnot), crime rate drops almost instantly.
Having said all these, sometimes I think the law is not tough enough because we do not yet know how to effectively identify and prosecute the offenders.
By the way, the easter egg that I mentioned here few weeks ago still has not been discovered...
After the DC Sniper incident, this gave me a fright as I thought someone has built a bluetooth-guided sniper rifle, which indicates when your bullet is aligned perfectly with your target's bluetooh tag, and those who auto-accept Bluetooth pairing are in trouble.
Seriously though, I wonder how many people do auto-accept BT connections? My PDA only accepts known pairs, so you need to physically talk to me to pair you up for the first time.
The friendly article seems to mentioned the "success" in BT detection, but didn't go in details of successful connection. It's like car thieves claim to detect 20,000 cars in the city centre, but didn't say how many were unlocked.