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When "AIM" came out it was called AOL Instant Messenger. Some things get Acronymed (yes I did just use acronym as a verb) when they get popular enough that the original name, which describes the product, is no longer necessary due to popularity. AIM actually contains an acronym inside an acronym as the service America Online (AOL) underwent the same namechange scenario.
I am aware that this is all obvious to most people, but it is completely ignored by your post. And while I think that programs with names that are descriptive are the way to go, I don't think it is absolutely necessary to name your program Video Meeting Tool if it is good enough that it gets word of mouth advertising. It does, however, seem to me that the majority of the most popular programs for computing have names that specify what they are used for.
Skype is really the only example you used that makes any sense at all, since google is a company and not a product. A short list of google products and services would provide a counter to your argument as google uses very descriptive names for the most part (See: Google maps, google earth, gmail, google desktop search, google images, google local, google talk, google video, google scholar etc). Even on the main page the button you press says "Google Search" right on it.
For all of you who ask why the stories are always crappy and irrelevant, this is why. The evil hackers hate boring, irrelevant news. There are a few good news stories thrown in here and there just to throw you off the trail, and to keep you coming back.
since they can chat wirelessly and play World of Warcraft.
When I went to college (2000-2004) my school required students to have an IBM T-series laptop. This allowed for labs for computer science classes that I took to be held in any room with internet connections rather than in a computer lab. It also allowed for people to come to class and not do work, which I thought was ridiculous since there was no attendance policy (why not just stay home?). While I see a laptop as a justifiable requirement for a tech school, I just don't see the necessity for someone who is majoring in many of the social sciences to need a computer in class. This will just prove to be another distraction.
If he chose this address to receieve the emails will null as sender then he is not very smart. I'm betting he just uses the handle null, and it was just an unfortunate coincedence.
Has anyone knows children learn at a far faster rate and adapt to new tech far faster than adults, they wouldnt have a problem (and prolly would help the teachers as well) adapt and learn the new systems in no time - your assuming that Point-N-Click is a windows only thing?? take 1 PC, Load Ubuntu or whatever distro on it, load and setup Wine, add the needed software and test, once you are sure its stable, image the PC and load on the other PC's (after taking some time to familirize the staff with the new OS and the dreaded Point-N-Click on the icon interface as they prolly never seen that before)
Sarcastic comment accepted. I installed Linux on my home PC without telling my live in girlfriend and she was using it just fine when I got home the next day. Most of the programs she used remained the same (Firefox, Thunderbird, etc.) and the other programs she used were easy enough (and resembled her old programs enough) that she needed very little help adapting. I think most people forget that the vast majority of home/school computer use is for information, communication, and entertainment. Aside from the newest of the new computer games (which wouldn't be on school computers anyway, the bigger programs (or a free equivalent) are available and supported on multiple platforms.
Children are likely to pick up on the tech much quicker than my girlfriend (this is the nature of a young mind), so as long as you are not making them actually install/set up the OS they should be fine.
Many people like to point out that Linux is difficult to install/set up and windows isn't, this is completely untrue. Windows usually comes preinstalled and set up with default options from the manufacturer. If you want linux you have to wipe the computer and install from scratch. If it were the other way around, and all computers came with linux everyone would be saying the opposite, that windows is hard to install and linux is easy (because it is actually already installed). The fact that the average user never actually installs or sets up windows makes it seem like windows set up is a snap.
The users that do reinstall windows usually do it wrong. They don't know how to format the drive, and usually end up just installing over the current winOS and keeping all their corrupted, virus ridden files that they had before. This eventually comes back to bite them in the ass. I have seen this many times.
Windows set up is not easy, it's just that noone does it. They leave all the services running that they do not need, and allow windows to run 100 programs on startup. After 2 years they are so bogged down with malware and other things they installed running on startup that it takes 5 minutes to get into windows and have the hard drive start idling. This is incredibly frustrating. So they buy a new windows computer because it is so easy to set up, and they continue the cycle.
Of course he is ignoring that most people want to save their compositions to continue working on them later, which is not possible using this "solution".
So you are spending close to $2000 so you can have slightly better graphics in WarCraft?
So you are spending close to $2000 so you can have the same graphics in your internet/email clients?
Most people I know could be using a computer made 10 years ago with no problems at all, at least this guy needs the power for something. You should be picking on the people buying $2000 computers to play solitaire. I believe you can get a high quality deck of cards for something like $3.
There is no such thing as "general distrust of Microsoft" outside of a slashdot-like crowd. The vast majority of the population uses windows as an OS, and associate microsoft with quality computing as they have no experience with anything else.
I could never buy DVD-A discs. If you told your friend you got a new DVD-A disc and he had previously seen the movie "Orgasmo", he would either never speak to you again or, even worse, try to watch it with you.
Maybe companies fire smokers because they can't be counted on to make rational decisions. I wouldn't want someone working for me who intentionally inhales toxic substances for no apparent reason whatsoever, completely ignoring truckloads of research (facts really) proving that it will eventually kill them.
I don't know anything about geology, but programming pretends to be a progressive field and so recruiters often think older people can't program because their skills are outdated. Recruiters aren't aware that programming is all "ifs" and "fors" and "whiles".
That said, only 3 out of almost 50 people where I work are under 35. If you get outside of large cities the average age of IT workers seems to increase dramatically, probably because younger people are attracted to the action and older people tend to like more peaceful settings.
Again, it seems to boil down to who is available in the area.
Most people I know wouldn't consider anything other than Centrino for some reason
I know exactly why this is because I worked at Best Buy for three months. When centrino was introduced there were commercials everywhere. These commercials, intentional or otherwise, made it seem like centrino was the only way to connect wirelessly saying things like "Centrino technology is a huge advancement in wireless networking for people on the go". This statement was true, as centrino allowed for longer battery life and generally laptops using centrino were lower weight, allowing for longer use and easier transport. This was not conveyed by the advertisements though, as the vast majority of people coming in to buy a laptop thought that centrino and wireless were the same thing.
Open up windows calculator and put it on scientific and you get 6. Every scientific calculator in the world will give you 6. Order of operations in mathematics dictates * before +.
I'm sorry for the explanation if this was actually a really poor joke instead of the uneducated rant I assumed it to be.
Here is a comment from his site:
"I looked at your progress photos for this. Amazing work. Impressive, most impressive. =D What exactly does it do?! Looks exciting!"
Projection of average viewer first thought:
"OMFGWTF this thing is freaking awesome!!!1!!1!11ONEonE! What the crap is a geigermajigger?"
These are the same people that bought the N-Gage.
Actually I have the opposite going. There are four unprotected wireless networks in my apartment building but my girlfriend still insists on paying for high speed internet.
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When "AIM" came out it was called AOL Instant Messenger. Some things get Acronymed (yes I did just use acronym as a verb) when they get popular enough that the original name, which describes the product, is no longer necessary due to popularity. AIM actually contains an acronym inside an acronym as the service America Online (AOL) underwent the same namechange scenario.
I am aware that this is all obvious to most people, but it is completely ignored by your post. And while I think that programs with names that are descriptive are the way to go, I don't think it is absolutely necessary to name your program Video Meeting Tool if it is good enough that it gets word of mouth advertising. It does, however, seem to me that the majority of the most popular programs for computing have names that specify what they are used for.
Skype is really the only example you used that makes any sense at all, since google is a company and not a product. A short list of google products and services would provide a counter to your argument as google uses very descriptive names for the most part (See: Google maps, google earth, gmail, google desktop search, google images, google local, google talk, google video, google scholar etc). Even on the main page the button you press says "Google Search" right on it.
For all of you who ask why the stories are always crappy and irrelevant, this is why. The evil hackers hate boring, irrelevant news. There are a few good news stories thrown in here and there just to throw you off the trail, and to keep you coming back.
since they can chat wirelessly and play World of Warcraft.
When I went to college (2000-2004) my school required students to have an IBM T-series laptop. This allowed for labs for computer science classes that I took to be held in any room with internet connections rather than in a computer lab. It also allowed for people to come to class and not do work, which I thought was ridiculous since there was no attendance policy (why not just stay home?). While I see a laptop as a justifiable requirement for a tech school, I just don't see the necessity for someone who is majoring in many of the social sciences to need a computer in class. This will just prove to be another distraction.
If he chose this address to receieve the emails will null as sender then he is not very smart. I'm betting he just uses the handle null, and it was just an unfortunate coincedence.
Has anyone knows children learn at a far faster rate and adapt to new tech far faster than adults, they wouldnt have a problem (and prolly would help the teachers as well) adapt and learn the new systems in no time - your assuming that Point-N-Click is a windows only thing?? take 1 PC, Load Ubuntu or whatever distro on it, load and setup Wine, add the needed software and test, once you are sure its stable, image the PC and load on the other PC's (after taking some time to familirize the staff with the new OS and the dreaded Point-N-Click on the icon interface as they prolly never seen that before)
Sarcastic comment accepted. I installed Linux on my home PC without telling my live in girlfriend and she was using it just fine when I got home the next day. Most of the programs she used remained the same (Firefox, Thunderbird, etc.) and the other programs she used were easy enough (and resembled her old programs enough) that she needed very little help adapting. I think most people forget that the vast majority of home/school computer use is for information, communication, and entertainment. Aside from the newest of the new computer games (which wouldn't be on school computers anyway, the bigger programs (or a free equivalent) are available and supported on multiple platforms.
Children are likely to pick up on the tech much quicker than my girlfriend (this is the nature of a young mind), so as long as you are not making them actually install/set up the OS they should be fine.
Spelling != Grammar
Apple innovates on technology gaps filling the need for 1st generation solutions to problems defined as weak bridges to the consumer.
Please explain something they have done that fits this criteria to back up your claim.
Many people like to point out that Linux is difficult to install/set up and windows isn't, this is completely untrue. Windows usually comes preinstalled and set up with default options from the manufacturer. If you want linux you have to wipe the computer and install from scratch. If it were the other way around, and all computers came with linux everyone would be saying the opposite, that windows is hard to install and linux is easy (because it is actually already installed). The fact that the average user never actually installs or sets up windows makes it seem like windows set up is a snap.
The users that do reinstall windows usually do it wrong. They don't know how to format the drive, and usually end up just installing over the current winOS and keeping all their corrupted, virus ridden files that they had before. This eventually comes back to bite them in the ass. I have seen this many times.
Windows set up is not easy, it's just that noone does it. They leave all the services running that they do not need, and allow windows to run 100 programs on startup. After 2 years they are so bogged down with malware and other things they installed running on startup that it takes 5 minutes to get into windows and have the hard drive start idling. This is incredibly frustrating. So they buy a new windows computer because it is so easy to set up, and they continue the cycle.
Of course he is ignoring that most people want to save their compositions to continue working on them later, which is not possible using this "solution".
The scientist is from Stanford. The technology review that printed the article is from MIT.
So you are spending close to $2000 so you can have slightly better graphics in WarCraft?
So you are spending close to $2000 so you can have the same graphics in your internet/email clients?
Most people I know could be using a computer made 10 years ago with no problems at all, at least this guy needs the power for something. You should be picking on the people buying $2000 computers to play solitaire. I believe you can get a high quality deck of cards for something like $3.
I believe CXXXXVIII is more correctly expressed as CIIL. Still incomprehensible to most, but at least they'll save money on ink.
CDX looks nice, but it will be a while (I think) before they get to 410.
There is no such thing as "general distrust of Microsoft" outside of a slashdot-like crowd. The vast majority of the population uses windows as an OS, and associate microsoft with quality computing as they have no experience with anything else.
I could never buy DVD-A discs. If you told your friend you got a new DVD-A disc and he had previously seen the movie "Orgasmo", he would either never speak to you again or, even worse, try to watch it with you.
Why is anyone against Bush assumed to be for Clinton? Aren't we allowed to have the opinion that they both suck?
It was a few years ago, but I think that the peoples problem with Clinton was not that he sucked, but that someone sucked for him.
I'm so sorry...
This was not a troll, it was an honest opinion on why companies might not hire smokers. Shame on you whoever modded me down.
Maybe companies fire smokers because they can't be counted on to make rational decisions. I wouldn't want someone working for me who intentionally inhales toxic substances for no apparent reason whatsoever, completely ignoring truckloads of research (facts really) proving that it will eventually kill them.
This is not intelligent behavior.
Every one of these laptops comes with a liscensed copy of Duke Nukem Forever.
Read between the lines.
I don't know anything about geology, but programming pretends to be a progressive field and so recruiters often think older people can't program because their skills are outdated. Recruiters aren't aware that programming is all "ifs" and "fors" and "whiles".
That said, only 3 out of almost 50 people where I work are under 35. If you get outside of large cities the average age of IT workers seems to increase dramatically, probably because younger people are attracted to the action and older people tend to like more peaceful settings.
Again, it seems to boil down to who is available in the area.
Most people I know wouldn't consider anything other than Centrino for some reason
I know exactly why this is because I worked at Best Buy for three months. When centrino was introduced there were commercials everywhere. These commercials, intentional or otherwise, made it seem like centrino was the only way to connect wirelessly saying things like "Centrino technology is a huge advancement in wireless networking for people on the go". This statement was true, as centrino allowed for longer battery life and generally laptops using centrino were lower weight, allowing for longer use and easier transport. This was not conveyed by the advertisements though, as the vast majority of people coming in to buy a laptop thought that centrino and wireless were the same thing.
This is a joke right?
Open up windows calculator and put it on scientific and you get 6. Every scientific calculator in the world will give you 6. Order of operations in mathematics dictates * before +.
I'm sorry for the explanation if this was actually a really poor joke instead of the uneducated rant I assumed it to be.
Here is a comment from his site: "I looked at your progress photos for this. Amazing work. Impressive, most impressive. =D What exactly does it do?! Looks exciting!" Projection of average viewer first thought: "OMFGWTF this thing is freaking awesome!!!1!!1!11ONEonE! What the crap is a geigermajigger?" These are the same people that bought the N-Gage.
Actually I have the opposite going. There are four unprotected wireless networks in my apartment building but my girlfriend still insists on paying for high speed internet.
Loosen the chin strap on your tinfoil hat.
1. Dominate OS market.
2. Profit.
3. Get fined by EU.
4. Ham
I know it is offtopic and random, but that is kind of the point.