it is widely known that most humans have an attention span of between 10 to 20 minutes
It may be widely believed, but it's not true for people studying a topic that interests them. In this case their attention span is limited by hunger and/or bladder-capacity.
The oft-quoted 10 minute attention span is applicable to paying attention to material that doesn't interest the subject.
It seems to work fine with JavaScript disabled.
In fact, in my opinion it's better that way because it doesn't have the animated cr*p that the JavaScript-kiddies think is so kewl but is really rather pointless and distracting.
Good luck with this Apple, but in my experience the bug reports and feedback you'll get from Joe Public will be next to worthless. Don't waste your time on them; concentrate on what paid-up developers are telling you about your betas and fix the issues they identify first, please.
Instead I want to set up one test machine for users to try it and ask THEM if they like it.
I guarantee that in this form, the result of the test will be that THEY won't like it. People fear the new and unknown and need positive incentives to change.
So, offer THEM the choice of one person, to be drawn at random from a hat, being fired to pay for e cost of new PCs vs switching to Linux and everyone keeping their jobs. Then you'll find they like Linux lots.
Also, keep in mind that 'supporting' users takes much more time than you might naively guess. Make sure that your efforts to 'support Linux' don't turn you into the unproductive member of the office.
This behaviour by LogMeIn makes me suspect that they have got wind of a serious competitor for their service. If so, they will want to get subscriptions off as many potential customers as possible without giving them time to search for alternatives.
The other possibility is that LogMeIn have a cash flow issue and need a some more money to stay in business.
So roughly speaking they're moving from a 'free' model with an enrolment of say 300,000 a pass rate of 0.1%, and cost of $100K to a fee-paying model that will have an enrolment 300 a pass rate 100% and a profit of $1M.
This is clearly a case where out-sourcing and off-shoring is the way to go. I suggest that MSS, the Chinese secret service, should be given preferred bidder status.
I seriously doubt that Google being her previous employer/client will make any difference to how she runs the USPTO. My experience, admittedly in the UK, is that a lawyer will happily argue that the moon is made of green cheese without believing it in the slightest. And they'll keep on arguing it for just as long as the client has money to keep paying them.
Perhaps Mr Stross could use his skills to to describe an imaginary world where the government told the whole truth to the electorate, there was a right to privacy, and only politicians were systematically spied on and investigated...
It sure would be interesting to know what that would be like.
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There are, of course, roughly ten times as many women over 18 as there are males in the range15-18.
And a techie's definition of 'working', i.e. drinking coffee and reading slashdot is still the same too.
So are its authors.
By the time I could afford a high-end card, age had dulled my hearing to the point that I couldn't tell the difference.... :-(
it is widely known that most humans have an attention span of between 10 to 20 minutes
It may be widely believed, but it's not true for people studying a topic that interests them. In this case their attention span is limited by hunger and/or bladder-capacity.
The oft-quoted 10 minute attention span is applicable to paying attention to material that doesn't interest the subject.
... they bribe the state to criminalize the use of url's and make it compulsory to access websites only via a licenced search engine.
It seems to work fine with JavaScript disabled. In fact, in my opinion it's better that way because it doesn't have the animated cr*p that the JavaScript-kiddies think is so kewl but is really rather pointless and distracting.
Surely the most likely outcome of your domestic security arrangements that you get shot by your wife?
Another advantage that silicon has is that its oxide is also easily formed and controlled in process and is an excellent electrical insulator.
Good luck with this Apple, but in my experience the bug reports and feedback you'll get from Joe Public will be next to worthless. Don't waste your time on them; concentrate on what paid-up developers are telling you about your betas and fix the issues they identify first, please.
Why would you bother to pay back millions of dollars when you could just disappear into the digital ether?
I'm just guessing, but I'd have thought that ripping off certain users of Silk Road could be extremely bad for your health.
A foreseeable user error, of the type you describe should not result in equipment catching fire.
Instead I want to set up one test machine for users to try it and ask THEM if they like it.
I guarantee that in this form, the result of the test will be that THEY won't like it. People fear the new and unknown and need positive incentives to change.
So, offer THEM the choice of one person, to be drawn at random from a hat, being fired to pay for e cost of new PCs vs switching to Linux and everyone keeping their jobs. Then you'll find they like Linux lots.
Also, keep in mind that 'supporting' users takes much more time than you might naively guess. Make sure that your efforts to 'support Linux' don't turn you into the unproductive member of the office.
a command line.
There is only one way to keep something secret; don't tell anyone. And anyone includes your teenage daughter.
This behaviour by LogMeIn makes me suspect that they have got wind of a serious competitor for their service. If so, they will want to get subscriptions off as many potential customers as possible without giving them time to search for alternatives.
The other possibility is that LogMeIn have a cash flow issue and need a some more money to stay in business.
Either way, I'm out.
So roughly speaking they're moving from a 'free' model with an enrolment of say 300,000 a pass rate of 0.1%, and cost of $100K to a fee-paying model that will have an enrolment 300 a pass rate 100% and a profit of $1M.
This is clearly a case where out-sourcing and off-shoring is the way to go. I suggest that MSS, the Chinese secret service, should be given preferred bidder status.
I seriously doubt that Google being her previous employer/client will make any difference to how she runs the USPTO. My experience, admittedly in the UK, is that a lawyer will happily argue that the moon is made of green cheese without believing it in the slightest. And they'll keep on arguing it for just as long as the client has money to keep paying them.
Perhaps Mr Stross could use his skills to to describe an imaginary world where the government told the whole truth to the electorate, there was a right to privacy, and only politicians were systematically spied on and investigated...
It sure would be interesting to know what that would be like.
Yet.
six release cycles a day is probably why you have bugs in the first place...
... stabbed me earlier today and fitted me with bluetooth. A couple of hours practice, however, and I am spoofing his to keyboard connection.
Pwned by Roach 2.0...
Bwwahahaha!!!!
Between them Google, Yahoo and Facebook pretty much own the American Government. How much does it cost to buy an American politician these days?
Private limited companies have shareholders.