Offense intended. Does your friend have a brain? Do you?
When you start almost all PocketPC apps that interact with files they drop you into a tree view or an open dialog. Perhaps you meant open it with a different program then the one registered to open it from the file explorer?
Syncing works well. I have file synced from my IPAQ to my desktop and to yahoo. Contacts/Appointments are also synced to my desktop, yahoo and to my ericcson t39 phone. What part "sucked ass"?
Also how is crappy GPS software the fault of the OS?
The PocketPC OS still has a ways to go to impress me, but as it stands it is a hell of a lot better than the Palm crap people are grasping onto. So far only two pocket OS's have been good, NewtonOS and Psion's.
For those that don't understand part of the above.
Microsoft doesn't pay dividends on stock you own. Hence many critics complaints about their shifting of money to avoid paying any taxes at all. When you are buying msoft stock you are hoping it will be worth more in the future to sell. There is no revenue side for you as the investor other than this. Because of this msoft MUST continue to increase the dominance it has to push the stock price up and keep investors happy. The gist? msoft can't be a well behaved company and keep the stockholders happy.
Gates gets richer and richer by year at an incredibly rapid pace because of the particular "loophole" in taxes on stock.
Slashdot has been hitting new lows on a consistant basis for about 14 months. Sure there were foul-ups before but usually one of the editors would admit their mistake. Not really the case anymore.
But think of it like this. An article such as this, about a hot new technology that you can have for free drives a lot of traffic to the slashdot site. How so? It is a lot more than just the initial people who read the article. Many forward a link off to their friends via email or chat. These people hear it was "broke" on slashdot so when it doesn't work they go there and peruse all the messages looking for a solution.
Slashdot exists solely on AD revenue. Let's all not forget that if the impressions don't maintain a high enough level some positions will have to be eliminated from the slashdot staff. Because of this don't ever expect an editor to call out another for doing a shitty job. They all protect each other because its the only way to protect themselves.
Honestly CmdrTaco should have been relegated to nothing but coding long ago. He is not an "editor".
I used to live in Huntsville and it is a great city. Don't discount it because it is located in Alabama as it is a city with two distinct faces. One is the intellectual, high per-capita PHD super tech and the other is good ol' boy. Believe it or not it makes for a decent mix.
However as a young guy you might not find it is the place for you. The city is not geared for younger people who are not of the "southern" lifestyle.
The living is cheap. There is a good abundance of decent food. Nice scenery and shopping abound. In short it would a great place to head in your early 30s with a starting family. Earlier than that? Try to risk NYC or SF. Then again SF is the deadest market I have ever seen so don't bother unless you are exceptional. If you must stay in the south head over to Atlanta or maybe even somewhere in NC. I don't know enough about the midwest to make a recommendation but I hear some parts of Coloraro are up and coming.
It doesn't hurt Sun as much as you might think. They have already made the first sale and while they might miss a few sales on the second go around they are assured of one thing.
They provide the maintenance. They provide the parts. They have a pretty damn high markup on both.
No, it's simple economics. The price point is set to a level the market is willing to pay.
Economics do not come into play in a market where all parties involved are guilty of collusion. For those that don't think this is the case explain why independant CDs sold at local records shops and at live concerts cost in the same ~15-20 range. The market is only willing to pay the price because they have no choice. This is not economics at work.
What the hell is wrong is supporting artists who make money off it? What kind of altruistic free love hippie world do you live in?
It just so happens a lot of damn fine musicians enjoy eating just as much as you and I. Your words are written as though you have never had any close friends who were struggling artists. It is fine to cry out for the merits of art for arts sake when you are an artist, but it is entirely a different matter to yell the same cries when you yourself have never been in their shoes.
Personally I have never purchased a CD where 90% of the music was crap. This is because I am picky and only buy from stores that let you sample the music extensively before hand or by purchasing from artists that have an extensive personal track record with me.
I take offense at this because you are grouping me into a category while knowing little of me. I don't listen to the radio. Haven't in years. I attend concerts in small venues. I appreciate independant bands and purchasing music directly from them. But as someone who loves music no matter the source I find your words quite confusing at best.
Do you actually listen to music? Do you own any music? Which advertising told you to purchase it? Word of mouth? Live concert? A song in a movie?
Oh wait you already said you willingly pay whatever the going rate is. So what does this make you? Are you not a supporter of the system? Are you not also part of the problem?
There is a difference between something you "accept" and something that is reasonable. In this case you pay $15 because its the only way to get what you want. The question you need to ask yourself is, if these same CDs cost $17, $20 or even $30 if you would pay the same.
The price point currently set is arbitrary. The RIAA is guilty of collusion.
I pay what I must for CDs because I have no choice to get the music that I want if my friends don't have it. We share collections thereby sharing the cost of music in an informal co-op. Do I think a CD is worth $15?
No. But if for every CD I purchase my friends purchase one and we share the music the cost is much more bearable.
Mmmmmm Titus. This is an absolutely lavish movie that fails to get even half the praise it deserves. There has been no other telling of a great work of pop literature so apt for the times as this conversion is. It catches everything the original had, pop commentary and imagery but translated for a new day and age.
Hopkins is friggen amazing in it. Complaints asside that his character portrayel is too much like Lector, this is the character he had been waiting to play. Lector was just a tool up for this role.
Just a throw away comment but over the years I have noticed this abuse from Michael as well. In fact I recall the original outcries when he was made an admin.
Oh well as a free community we can't... oh wait a second these guys get PAID for this. And we pay for it by looking at ADs and contributing content.
Actually spongebob squarepants is an amazing show for children. There are some definite lessons in on how to be a good person. However unlike many cartoons its no so obvious to turn kids off once they figure it out.
Plus its just so ridiculous sometimes its easy for an adult to watch as well.
Still what is so wrong with studying the philosphy of current culture?
Its a shame you are such a movie bigot. It may be hard for you to believe but a great number of amazing films have been made recently.
I own and absolutely love many of the classics (North by Northwest and The Third Man fight in my mind for ultimate supremecy)... but those stories and characters were somewhat limited with what could be shown. Now directors/writers can make their dreams appear in vivid detail on the screen. It may be harder to find the gems because of all the refuse being made, but continually hanging on to the past directors as the "masters" is a disservice to story telling.
And for the record, Rushmore, is a brilliant piece of film making. Personally I rank it behing Memento for the best film of the past 5 years.
SS on the 3d0 was *not* a perfect port of the Arcade (NeoGeo game). Sprites were different. Frames of animation were missing. The scaling was off. Timing was off for a few players. Yes it was a *damn* fine port, by far the best of that generation of hardware.
But perfect it was not.
(former owner of SS1/SS2/SS3 and SS4 on a NeoGeo JAMMA cabinet)
IT departments are only a cost center if you don't know how to sell yourself back to the rest of the company and the board.
If you do it is quite easy to show how your costs are easily offset by the services that you provide internally. Apparently you have never done this or you would have already understand this concept.
Running an IT department isn't hard if you have a clue and a real work ethic. Anyone who says otherwise is more than likely in the wrong field or needs to seriously think about getting some professional training.
One. The department is woefully underskilled and incompetent for the jobs they need to perform. In an effort to try and head off as many problems as possible they lock things down to a minimal set of known circumstances.
Two. The department is horribly understaffed. They feel the only way they can keep up is by making sure there is little different from point to point.
I firmly believe in having a COE on every machine. But I also believe that a user can and should have the right to software they feel would enhance their work experience. As an IT guy would you really know if MATHCRUN2002 helps that user or not? Make sure all users run the idea by you first and let them install it. As long as they have the understanding that is isn't supported and if something on your machine can't be fixed quickly you will return the machine to the COE.
BTW the two reasons I listed at the top are a result of poor management. Usually you end up with fascist IT directors when they have no concept of how to really run a computing environment.
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He couldn't tell you how to open a document?
Offense intended. Does your friend have a brain? Do you?
When you start almost all PocketPC apps that interact with files they drop you into a tree view or an open dialog. Perhaps you meant open it with a different program then the one registered to open it from the file explorer?
Syncing works well. I have file synced from my IPAQ to my desktop and to yahoo. Contacts/Appointments are also synced to my desktop, yahoo and to my ericcson t39 phone. What part "sucked ass"?
Also how is crappy GPS software the fault of the OS?
The PocketPC OS still has a ways to go to impress me, but as it stands it is a hell of a lot better than the Palm crap people are grasping onto. So far only two pocket OS's have been good, NewtonOS and Psion's.
For those that don't understand part of the above.
Microsoft doesn't pay dividends on stock you own. Hence many critics complaints about their shifting of money to avoid paying any taxes at all. When you are buying msoft stock you are hoping it will be worth more in the future to sell. There is no revenue side for you as the investor other than this. Because of this msoft MUST continue to increase the dominance it has to push the stock price up and keep investors happy. The gist? msoft can't be a well behaved company and keep the stockholders happy.
Gates gets richer and richer by year at an incredibly rapid pace because of the particular "loophole" in taxes on stock.
Slashdot has been hitting new lows on a consistant basis for about 14 months. Sure there were foul-ups before but usually one of the editors would admit their mistake. Not really the case anymore.
But think of it like this. An article such as this, about a hot new technology that you can have for free drives a lot of traffic to the slashdot site. How so? It is a lot more than just the initial people who read the article. Many forward a link off to their friends via email or chat. These people hear it was "broke" on slashdot so when it doesn't work they go there and peruse all the messages looking for a solution.
Slashdot exists solely on AD revenue. Let's all not forget that if the impressions don't maintain a high enough level some positions will have to be eliminated from the slashdot staff. Because of this don't ever expect an editor to call out another for doing a shitty job. They all protect each other because its the only way to protect themselves.
Honestly CmdrTaco should have been relegated to nothing but coding long ago. He is not an "editor".
Another correction.
OpenStep ran on x86, sparc, motorola (68k) and hppa architectures.
OpenStep tended to have poor integration and "feel" on all of the above archs except the native 68k on real black hardware.
Neither one of these is a unix.
Just because something might happen to have a posix compatibility layer does not a unix make.
I used to live in Huntsville and it is a great city. Don't discount it because it is located in Alabama as it is a city with two distinct faces. One is the intellectual, high per-capita PHD super tech and the other is good ol' boy. Believe it or not it makes for a decent mix.
However as a young guy you might not find it is the place for you. The city is not geared for younger people who are not of the "southern" lifestyle.
The living is cheap. There is a good abundance of decent food. Nice scenery and shopping abound. In short it would a great place to head in your early 30s with a starting family. Earlier than that? Try to risk NYC or SF. Then again SF is the deadest market I have ever seen so don't bother unless you are exceptional. If you must stay in the south head over to Atlanta or maybe even somewhere in NC. I don't know enough about the midwest to make a recommendation but I hear some parts of Coloraro are up and coming.
That just got you on my friend list.
It doesn't hurt Sun as much as you might think. They have already made the first sale and while they might miss a few sales on the second go around they are assured of one thing.
They provide the maintenance. They provide the parts. They have a pretty damn high markup on both.
Real World Job Experience. Is the concept that hard to understand?
whois: handle cf21
If you know anything about internic handles that should help "date" me a little and perhaps answer some of your questions about my experience.
You are 19 and currently have 5 years experience?
I don't buy it. Being on the net for 5 years or taking apart and playing with computers with your friends isn't real world(tm) job experience.
Please, prove me wrong.
Lean to do math, it will help you out a lot later on in life. Especially in the CS field.
No, it's simple economics. The price point is set to a level the market is willing to pay.
Economics do not come into play in a market where all parties involved are guilty of collusion. For those that don't think this is the case explain why independant CDs sold at local records shops and at live concerts cost in the same ~15-20 range. The market is only willing to pay the price because they have no choice. This is not economics at work.
What the hell is wrong is supporting artists who make money off it? What kind of altruistic free love hippie world do you live in?
It just so happens a lot of damn fine musicians enjoy eating just as much as you and I. Your words are written as though you have never had any close friends who were struggling artists. It is fine to cry out for the merits of art for arts sake when you are an artist, but it is entirely a different matter to yell the same cries when you yourself have never been in their shoes.
Personally I have never purchased a CD where 90% of the music was crap. This is because I am picky and only buy from stores that let you sample the music extensively before hand or by purchasing from artists that have an extensive personal track record with me.
I take offense at this because you are grouping me into a category while knowing little of me. I don't listen to the radio. Haven't in years. I attend concerts in small venues. I appreciate independant bands and purchasing music directly from them. But as someone who loves music no matter the source I find your words quite confusing at best.
Do you actually listen to music? Do you own any music? Which advertising told you to purchase it? Word of mouth? Live concert? A song in a movie?
Oh wait you already said you willingly pay whatever the going rate is. So what does this make you? Are you not a supporter of the system? Are you not also part of the problem?
There is a difference between something you "accept" and something that is reasonable. In this case you pay $15 because its the only way to get what you want. The question you need to ask yourself is, if these same CDs cost $17, $20 or even $30 if you would pay the same.
The price point currently set is arbitrary. The RIAA is guilty of collusion.
I pay what I must for CDs because I have no choice to get the music that I want if my friends don't have it. We share collections thereby sharing the cost of music in an informal co-op. Do I think a CD is worth $15?
No. But if for every CD I purchase my friends purchase one and we share the music the cost is much more bearable.
Titus.
Mmmmmm Titus. This is an absolutely lavish movie that fails to get even half the praise it deserves. There has been no other telling of a great work of pop literature so apt for the times as this conversion is. It catches everything the original had, pop commentary and imagery but translated for a new day and age.
Hopkins is friggen amazing in it. Complaints asside that his character portrayel is too much like Lector, this is the character he had been waiting to play. Lector was just a tool up for this role.
Just a throw away comment but over the years I have noticed this abuse from Michael as well. In fact I recall the original outcries when he was made an admin.
Oh well as a free community we can't... oh wait a second these guys get PAID for this. And we pay for it by looking at ADs and contributing content.
Actually spongebob squarepants is an amazing show for children. There are some definite lessons in on how to be a good person. However unlike many cartoons its no so obvious to turn kids off once they figure it out.
Plus its just so ridiculous sometimes its easy for an adult to watch as well.
Still what is so wrong with studying the philosphy of current culture?
Its a shame you are such a movie bigot. It may be hard for you to believe but a great number of amazing films have been made recently.
I own and absolutely love many of the classics (North by Northwest and The Third Man fight in my mind for ultimate supremecy)... but those stories and characters were somewhat limited with what could be shown. Now directors/writers can make their dreams appear in vivid detail on the screen. It may be harder to find the gems because of all the refuse being made, but continually hanging on to the past directors as the "masters" is a disservice to story telling.
And for the record, Rushmore, is a brilliant piece of film making. Personally I rank it behing Memento for the best film of the past 5 years.
Factually incorrect on one point:
SS on the 3d0 was *not* a perfect port of the Arcade (NeoGeo game). Sprites were different. Frames of animation were missing. The scaling was off. Timing was off for a few players. Yes it was a *damn* fine port, by far the best of that generation of hardware.
But perfect it was not.
(former owner of SS1/SS2/SS3 and SS4 on a NeoGeo JAMMA cabinet)
not the thinnest laptop
i have one of the thinnest, the sharp mebius mt1. you can get them from dynamism or your favorite japanese importer
the mt1 is a fabulous machine with one of the best screens i have ever seen and weighs in at a hefty 2.9lbs.
to the moron that mod'd this down
goatboy was will's irc handle
i missed the first go round...
do you still irc, goatboy?
IT departments are only a cost center if you don't know how to sell yourself back to the rest of the company and the board.
If you do it is quite easy to show how your costs are easily offset by the services that you provide internally. Apparently you have never done this or you would have already understand this concept.
Running an IT department isn't hard if you have a clue and a real work ethic. Anyone who says otherwise is more than likely in the wrong field or needs to seriously think about getting some professional training.
2 ways that I have seen.
One. The department is woefully underskilled and incompetent for the jobs they need to perform. In an effort to try and head off as many problems as possible they lock things down to a minimal set of known circumstances.
Two. The department is horribly understaffed. They feel the only way they can keep up is by making sure there is little different from point to point.
I firmly believe in having a COE on every machine. But I also believe that a user can and should have the right to software they feel would enhance their work experience. As an IT guy would you really know if MATHCRUN2002 helps that user or not? Make sure all users run the idea by you first and let them install it. As long as they have the understanding that is isn't supported and if something on your machine can't be fixed quickly you will return the machine to the COE.
BTW the two reasons I listed at the top are a result of poor management. Usually you end up with fascist IT directors when they have no concept of how to really run a computing environment.