I recently bought a Dell laptop, they are far better value for money for the Intel i-series chips. I really, really, wanted to support Ubuntu and have Ubuntu installed on the laptop - Dell wouldn't have a bar of it. They seem to only ship Ubuntu on lower spec laptops, which, IMHO, is utterly rubbish.
Actually, come to think about it, they wouldn't even UNINSTALL the anti virus software even if I paid the same price.
I still remember the first midi file I heard - Axel F. Pretty much blew my delicate young mind. I remember thinking, how the heck could a computer make awesome sound like that?
Sure, Open Office can export to word, and is 99% accurate when it does. But when it comes to Resumes I'm not risking 1% of formatting errors. It is my career after all.
One of the reasons they insist on word is that they feed the resumes through software that judges your resume, and creates little graphs of your skill sets.
Being a Open Source advocate, I would like not to have MS Office at all. The main problem for me is all recruitment agents demand resumes in MS Word format. While this is ridiculous and I'm sure PDF would be fine for them, they don't budge. So with my hands being tied I begrudgingly bought MS Office for the sole purpose of creating resumes.
Yes, I know OO can export to Word format, but it's not 100% perfect - and when it comes to resumes they have to be perfect.
So the real hurdle is to change peoples mind sets to accept either MS Word, or ODF.
One major application of this is machine learning/AI. A machine wouldn't necessarily need all of the info in Wiki, just the answer to direct questions.
Think bigger - think replacing power lines and how much that would save if, (and yes it's a big if) a cheap and efficient wireless power tech can be developed.
I believe that is the idea - SCJP is about memorising the facts, and the SCJD is about testing the application of that knowledge. I know that when I sat the SCJP I did pickup some things that I never new even with my industry experience, so IMHO it is worth while.
In NZ they are not offering a unlimited data plan, the best you can do is 500 mb's per month for $130. The good news is that it is only $130 per month now; they got dragged through the media and I think they realised their pricing was ridiculous.
If I buy the iPhone with no contract it is $1200. So the price isn't actually too bad now, but is still twice as much as the Freerunner.
But if you want another reason not to buy the iPhone, how about this:
"The upshot is that every citizen of planet earth can get the iPhone SDK at no charge, but they're contractually obligated to Apple not to discuss the SDK or exchange ideas with others. The agreements leave no room for forums, newsgroups, open source projects, tutorials, magazine articles, users' groups, or books". From the article: http://weblog.infoworld.com/yager/archives/2008/07/apples_iphone_c.html
In New Zealand the iPhone is NZD$200, if you take that option then you are tied to a 2 year contract. How much is this contract? $250 a month! So over two years the iPhone will have actually costed you NZD$6,200. I think I will get a FreeRunner...
They need to stop bolting on poorly-designed "features" and work on reliability and functionality.
I full heartedly agree. But here's the problem, if they release a version of windows that looks the same as the the last version of windows, but is 500% more stable and secure they would be afraid it wouldn't sell. They are afraid that the average Jo might think "why should I buy that? It doesn't give me anything extra than my current windows".
I am a Christian and a programmer. I believe God created the rules of nature, and sometimes puts a helping hand in when needed. If I was to program an AI based world, that is at least what I would do. I wouldn't want to control every little detail, I would just want to make sure the entities abided to general principals/rules.
My point is, why does ID and evolution have to contradict each other? They aren't mutually exclusive. As a Christian it really peeves me off when extremists give us a bad name. Why is it these extremists in USA have such a loud voice?
As part of my low Slashdot ID envy, I was trying to search for the lowest ID posted. It then dawned on me. Why the heck doesn't Firefox have regular expression searching? Surely it could be a simple tick box option for advanced users...
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I recently bought a Dell laptop, they are far better value for money for the Intel i-series chips. I really, really, wanted to support Ubuntu and have Ubuntu installed on the laptop - Dell wouldn't have a bar of it. They seem to only ship Ubuntu on lower spec laptops, which, IMHO, is utterly rubbish.
Actually, come to think about it, they wouldn't even UNINSTALL the anti virus software even if I paid the same price.
I'll bite. Although New Zealand may seem small next to Australia, it is actually slightly larger than the whole of the UK.
I still remember the first midi file I heard - Axel F. Pretty much blew my delicate young mind. I remember thinking, how the heck could a computer make awesome sound like that?
I completely agree. As with most things, learning how NOT to do things is often as important as learning how to do things.
Sure, Open Office can export to word, and is 99% accurate when it does. But when it comes to Resumes I'm not risking 1% of formatting errors. It is my career after all.
One of the reasons they insist on word is that they feed the resumes through software that judges your resume, and creates little graphs of your skill sets.
Being a Open Source advocate, I would like not to have MS Office at all. The main problem for me is all recruitment agents demand resumes in MS Word format. While this is ridiculous and I'm sure PDF would be fine for them, they don't budge. So with my hands being tied I begrudgingly bought MS Office for the sole purpose of creating resumes.
Yes, I know OO can export to Word format, but it's not 100% perfect - and when it comes to resumes they have to be perfect.
So the real hurdle is to change peoples mind sets to accept either MS Word, or ODF.
In case you don't know what parent is on about: Beached As. Warning, Kiwi and Australian humour.
And next week he'll increase it to 25 grams
One major application of this is machine learning/AI. A machine wouldn't necessarily need all of the info in Wiki, just the answer to direct questions.
Mod parent up. I'm not sure why Web Start hasn't caught on more, it seems to solve all of the problems a corporate type web-app faces.
Isn't the placebo effect a result of positive thinking? Doesn't that prove positive thinking works?
Think bigger - think replacing power lines and how much that would save if, (and yes it's a big if) a cheap and efficient wireless power tech can be developed.
I believe that is the idea - SCJP is about memorising the facts, and the SCJD is about testing the application of that knowledge. I know that when I sat the SCJP I did pickup some things that I never new even with my industry experience, so IMHO it is worth while.
More importantly, can they turn diamonds into tequila?
In NZ they are not offering a unlimited data plan, the best you can do is 500 mb's per month for $130. The good news is that it is only $130 per month now; they got dragged through the media and I think they realised their pricing was ridiculous.
If I buy the iPhone with no contract it is $1200. So the price isn't actually too bad now, but is still twice as much as the Freerunner.
But if you want another reason not to buy the iPhone, how about this:
"The upshot is that every citizen of planet earth can get the iPhone SDK at no charge, but they're contractually obligated to Apple not to discuss the SDK or exchange ideas with others. The agreements leave no room for forums, newsgroups, open source projects, tutorials, magazine articles, users' groups, or books". From the article: http://weblog.infoworld.com/yager/archives/2008/07/apples_iphone_c.html
I think it's because an OS should have the shiny UI, and a way to turn it all off to boost performance.
And as far as I know, the upcoming version, FP10, fully supports Linux as well.
Will it support 64bit Linux?
In New Zealand the iPhone is NZD$200, if you take that option then you are tied to a 2 year contract. How much is this contract? $250 a month! So over two years the iPhone will have actually costed you NZD$6,200. I think I will get a FreeRunner...
They need to stop bolting on poorly-designed "features" and work on reliability and functionality.
I full heartedly agree. But here's the problem, if they release a version of windows that looks the same as the the last version of windows, but is 500% more stable and secure they would be afraid it wouldn't sell. They are afraid that the average Jo might think "why should I buy that? It doesn't give me anything extra than my current windows".
Even ignoring Radeon, it sounds like Nvidia has enough problems: http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/07/09/nvidia.g84.g86.faulty/
Or is that just what 'the man' wants you to think? - sarcasm
I am a Christian and a programmer. I believe God created the rules of nature, and sometimes puts a helping hand in when needed. If I was to program an AI based world, that is at least what I would do. I wouldn't want to control every little detail, I would just want to make sure the entities abided to general principals/rules.
My point is, why does ID and evolution have to contradict each other? They aren't mutually exclusive. As a Christian it really peeves me off when extremists give us a bad name. Why is it these extremists in USA have such a loud voice?
Yip, a large user base is the only way to make sure the drivers are open sourced. I mean, look at all the open source drivers for windows.
Who's to say the won't do a bad job at implementing ODF, and do all they can to make ODF look like the bad guy?
As part of my low Slashdot ID envy, I was trying to search for the lowest ID posted. It then dawned on me. Why the heck doesn't Firefox have regular expression searching? Surely it could be a simple tick box option for advanced users...