Yes, of course. It's not the fault of the airline for cramming you in like sardines, but the fault of someone for being larger than average. Divide and conquer... you damned idiots.
Last I checked stuffing face with burgers and KFC was a personal choice.
So yes, it's the fault of the pachyderm when they spill over into adjacent seats.
Healthy, skinny persons are well within their rights to ridicule those who choose to lower their snouts into the trough whenever food is in the vicinity.
We've had legalized prostitution in New Zealand since 2003.
Contrary to the scaremongering promulgated by people with hidden agendas, the sky has not fallen, and people working in the world's oldest profession have the full protection of the law behind them, just like everyone else.
Doesn't mean there isn't still a social stigma associated with it, but at least they're not forced into the underground and exploited by criminals, and they pay their taxes just like everyone else.
I have a mate who used to work for EA in the UK. He is one of the smartest programmers I know, self-taught, solid in math and physics, hard worker who churns out tight code.
Three years of his life wasted at that company for a pittance.
Needless to say, he saw the light and is now making serious bank doing "boring" development like the rest of us.
Sometimes you get more than you pay for, and if you don't realize it, your loss, since they will, eventually.
Re:Stop crying, people. Start being HONEST.
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ISO Approves OOXML
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I work in a pure Microsoft shop in a large enough company, developing against several ISO financial standards.
I still think this has been a terrible way to create a standard. My objections are not technical, as I have not gone to the effort of reading the specification in its entirety, my objections are procedural.
Try again.
Unfortunately, it is true.
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ISO Approves OOXML
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· Score: 2, Informative
A good truck mechanic can make 50 grand to a hundred grand a year......
+1
Ditto with plumber, or any job that just can't be outsourced. These jobs are pretty high paying jobs. My cousin went into plumbing, and is kicking my ass in terms of how much he clears every year, and he has no degree, he got trained on the job, did a few years working for a company and then started his own outfit.
Put it this way, I never believed any of the claims that Firefox was the faster browser, or less of a pig than other browsers, whenever people brought it up before - Because my own experiences did not bear this out.
But I am really impressed by how polished the 3.0 betas are shaping up to be, its now my daily browser (previously Safari).
That does kinda suck - They need to cater for the user crowd who is willing to install bleeding edge, so long as they understand it is bleeding edge.
Luckily, we have a MSDN subscription arrangement at work so I just pulled it off TechNet. I'd be pissed if I had to pirate a patch as well though.
I mean hell, if you're willing to do run it and shake out remaining compatibility bugs for them they should be falling over themselves to offer you a copy.
I think the slowdown is because it enumerates the whole tree to do the move - Not sure why. When it eventually does do the move, its instant.
I just tested with a folder containing 40GB of data. Moving into another folder on the same drive took about 2 seconds all up (99% of the time was spent displaying the dialog box counting how many items are going to be moved).
Must be something slowing down the count on your machine, anyone's guess why:)
Disable use of the secure desktop for UAC prompts: http://www.pctipsbox.com/speed-vista-turn-off-uac-or-at-least-make-it-less-annoying/
Disclaimer: Yes, it is less secure, use at your own risk, etc etc. But my video card (NVIDIA 7950GT, go figure) is terribly slow at switching from normal to the secure desktop, interrupting *everything* for up to 5 seconds, some times (running the latest drivers).
If we had to go to headphones though (as we may someday as we grow), I will need a way to make them cut out when the phone rings... Or you can get an iPhone, use it as an iPod, and redirect your landline to your mobile, since the iPhone does exactly that when it rings...:)
Yes, but the point is, it doesn't matter what he says he believes to be the truth, since its not going to change company direction or strategy (money in the bank already, as it were).
So what is he accomplishing? Crocodile tears are crocodile tears, and convince no-one.
Except now, continuing in this vein, he may end up giving Microsoft a little leverage, speaking as he does as a public representative of Novell (who knows, I don't know what the agreement between them reads).
Hence, poor judgement. Maybe he'll sleep a little better, but that's about it, in my opinion.
Not sure what he's trying to achieve by saying this.
To people in the OSS camp, this will seem like too little, too late. That ship has already sailed.
To people in Redmond, this isn't exactly inspiring confidence in the reliability of Novell as a partner, and he's bashing their partnership at their own conference, no less.
And the people "above his paygrade" are probably not going to be too happy with him either.
The rare persons I've seen wearing ties in our company are typically the CEO (to be expected, he's out seeing people 95% of the time), and whoever is going out to see customers.
For the guys in engineering, its smart casual (or, depending on the developer, sloppy casual:P).
Just because you're wearing jeans and a dress shirt doesn't mean you have to look like crap, shoes, choice of colour & shirt/jersey can make you look pretty sharp.
I have the advantage of my girlfriend generally dressing me though - Highly recommended:)
Religions were behaving in a radical manner this before atheism was common in the West. Now they just have a scapegoat - people who are rational (or in religion-speak, "godless").
It's not particularly hard to understand, I'm not sure why you're perplexed. A brief course in Western history will make clear that to a large extent, the history of the West is fairly turbulent, and one only has to go back a generation or two to find examples of despotic and tyrannical regimes, and large scale oppression, in countries that are today pillars of the Western system.
Now that Western countries have, by and large, put this behind them, there is a sense that this is by far the most desirable state of affairs. I happen to agree, and think that in the long run, at the appropriate stage of development, democracy (however chaotic it appears from the outside) is by far the best form of government in our increasingly diverse and globalised societies.
I don't think my fellow Westerners regard this as meddling, its more a frustration that the pace of change often seems so slow. Don't mistake genuine concern for the welfare of others for "meddling". However, the reaction is completely understandable, no-one likes being told what is wrong with their country, especially by foreigners. I'd be the first to complain about policies of my government, but I don't particularly like it when a tourist to my country tells me how much better certain things are where they come from (whether it is true or not).
I think a lot of misunderstandings could be prevented by just visiting the country you have misconceptions about:)
I have a particular fondness for China and the people there (the government, not so much), and I could say similar things about Iran.
We may have different cultures and histories, but at the end of the day, we are human, above all. It's easy to forget we have similar aspirations and hopes.
Except that digital downloads from other labels (such as those on iTunes) are doing quite well.
So, uh, no, its just Sony's implementation thereof that sucks cock:)
Oh well, we'll see them capitulate and sign up with Apple (ha!) or Amazon soon...This scratch & listen crap is going to tank just like all their other online endeavours, they just dont get it.
What does someone's personal life have to do with using their software?
Not a thing, their work stands on its own merit, especially in the OSS arena.
Pretty stupid to boycott using good software because you have a personal disagreement with them, if its better than the alternatives.
Companies do this because it works.
Heck, I work for a company with a respected brand name in its industry. But roughly 10 years ago, with the prior name, the company was mired in lawsuits and known for being ethically suspect. Very little people know that we're the company they used to love to hate.
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What negative PR?
Positive as far as I'm concerned.
Make fatties walk!
Yes, of course. It's not the fault of the airline for cramming you in like sardines, but the fault of someone for being larger than average. Divide and conquer... you damned idiots.
Last I checked stuffing face with burgers and KFC was a personal choice.
So yes, it's the fault of the pachyderm when they spill over into adjacent seats.
Healthy, skinny persons are well within their rights to ridicule those who choose to lower their snouts into the trough whenever food is in the vicinity.
Over here, we just call them "fat fucks".
Person of size is useless. What size? Fat fuck describes it in a succinct, accurate manner.
We've had legalized prostitution in New Zealand since 2003.
Contrary to the scaremongering promulgated by people with hidden agendas, the sky has not fallen, and people working in the world's oldest profession have the full protection of the law behind them, just like everyone else.
Doesn't mean there isn't still a social stigma associated with it, but at least they're not forced into the underground and exploited by criminals, and they pay their taxes just like everyone else.
I have a mate who used to work for EA in the UK. He is one of the smartest programmers I know, self-taught, solid in math and physics, hard worker who churns out tight code.
Three years of his life wasted at that company for a pittance.
Needless to say, he saw the light and is now making serious bank doing "boring" development like the rest of us.
Sometimes you get more than you pay for, and if you don't realize it, your loss, since they will, eventually.
I HATE MY LIFE
I work in a pure Microsoft shop in a large enough company, developing against several ISO financial standards.
I still think this has been a terrible way to create a standard. My objections are not technical, as I have not gone to the effort of reading the specification in its entirety, my objections are procedural.
Try again.
Read it and weep.
http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1123
Pathetic, if you ask me.
+1
Ditto with plumber, or any job that just can't be outsourced. These jobs are pretty high paying jobs. My cousin went into plumbing, and is kicking my ass in terms of how much he clears every year, and he has no degree, he got trained on the job, did a few years working for a company and then started his own outfit.
Put it this way, I never believed any of the claims that Firefox was the faster browser, or less of a pig than other browsers, whenever people brought it up before - Because my own experiences did not bear this out.
But I am really impressed by how polished the 3.0 betas are shaping up to be, its now my daily browser (previously Safari).
That does kinda suck - They need to cater for the user crowd who is willing to install bleeding edge, so long as they understand it is bleeding edge.
Luckily, we have a MSDN subscription arrangement at work so I just pulled it off TechNet. I'd be pissed if I had to pirate a patch as well though.
I mean hell, if you're willing to do run it and shake out remaining compatibility bugs for them they should be falling over themselves to offer you a copy.
I think the slowdown is because it enumerates the whole tree to do the move - Not sure why. When it eventually does do the move, its instant.
:)
I just tested with a folder containing 40GB of data. Moving into another folder on the same drive took about 2 seconds all up (99% of the time was spent displaying the dialog box counting how many items are going to be moved).
Must be something slowing down the count on your machine, anyone's guess why
Correction, its expected of Microsoft operating systems.
OS X does manage to get faster on the same hardware from release to release.
Pre-emptive Snarky Response: It was too slow to start with, and they're only now fixing it.
Disable use of the secure desktop for UAC prompts: http://www.pctipsbox.com/speed-vista-turn-off-uac-or-at-least-make-it-less-annoying/ Disclaimer: Yes, it is less secure, use at your own risk, etc etc. But my video card (NVIDIA 7950GT, go figure) is terribly slow at switching from normal to the secure desktop, interrupting *everything* for up to 5 seconds, some times (running the latest drivers).
Pretty handy.
Yes, but the point is, it doesn't matter what he says he believes to be the truth, since its not going to change company direction or strategy (money in the bank already, as it were).
So what is he accomplishing? Crocodile tears are crocodile tears, and convince no-one.
Except now, continuing in this vein, he may end up giving Microsoft a little leverage, speaking as he does as a public representative of Novell (who knows, I don't know what the agreement between them reads).
Hence, poor judgement. Maybe he'll sleep a little better, but that's about it, in my opinion.
Not sure what he's trying to achieve by saying this.
To people in the OSS camp, this will seem like too little, too late. That ship has already sailed.
To people in Redmond, this isn't exactly inspiring confidence in the reliability of Novell as a partner, and he's bashing their partnership at their own conference, no less.
And the people "above his paygrade" are probably not going to be too happy with him either.
The rare persons I've seen wearing ties in our company are typically the CEO (to be expected, he's out seeing people 95% of the time), and whoever is going out to see customers.
:P).
:)
For the guys in engineering, its smart casual (or, depending on the developer, sloppy casual
Just because you're wearing jeans and a dress shirt doesn't mean you have to look like crap, shoes, choice of colour & shirt/jersey can make you look pretty sharp.
I have the advantage of my girlfriend generally dressing me though - Highly recommended
Please.
Religions were behaving in a radical manner this before atheism was common in the West. Now they just have a scapegoat - people who are rational (or in religion-speak, "godless").
It's not particularly hard to understand, I'm not sure why you're perplexed. A brief course in Western history will make clear that to a large extent, the history of the West is fairly turbulent, and one only has to go back a generation or two to find examples of despotic and tyrannical regimes, and large scale oppression, in countries that are today pillars of the Western system.
:)
Now that Western countries have, by and large, put this behind them, there is a sense that this is by far the most desirable state of affairs. I happen to agree, and think that in the long run, at the appropriate stage of development, democracy (however chaotic it appears from the outside) is by far the best form of government in our increasingly diverse and globalised societies.
I don't think my fellow Westerners regard this as meddling, its more a frustration that the pace of change often seems so slow. Don't mistake genuine concern for the welfare of others for "meddling". However, the reaction is completely understandable, no-one likes being told what is wrong with their country, especially by foreigners. I'd be the first to complain about policies of my government, but I don't particularly like it when a tourist to my country tells me how much better certain things are where they come from (whether it is true or not).
I think a lot of misunderstandings could be prevented by just visiting the country you have misconceptions about
I have a particular fondness for China and the people there (the government, not so much), and I could say similar things about Iran.
We may have different cultures and histories, but at the end of the day, we are human, above all. It's easy to forget we have similar aspirations and hopes.
Oh wait :P
(Going to be modded down for this, don't care.)
Bloggers generate "intellectual property" now?
Except that digital downloads from other labels (such as those on iTunes) are doing quite well.
:)
So, uh, no, its just Sony's implementation thereof that sucks cock
Oh well, we'll see them capitulate and sign up with Apple (ha!) or Amazon soon...This scratch & listen crap is going to tank just like all their other online endeavours, they just dont get it.
What does someone's personal life have to do with using their software? Not a thing, their work stands on its own merit, especially in the OSS arena. Pretty stupid to boycott using good software because you have a personal disagreement with them, if its better than the alternatives.
Companies do this because it works. Heck, I work for a company with a respected brand name in its industry. But roughly 10 years ago, with the prior name, the company was mired in lawsuits and known for being ethically suspect. Very little people know that we're the company they used to love to hate.