I've seen a fair amount in the scored events, and the consistency if judging seems to be a crap shoot. How does someone fall off of a balance beam still score better than someone who stayed on the beam?
I think to anyone who watched the events, China's gold is definitely tainted.
Well, the girl in question scored the highest in the team uneven bars event. If her score is taken out, U.S. takes gold, Romania silver, and Russia bronze. In addition, she won the individual uneven bars event. Her disqualification pushes the U.S. up to gold, China to silver, and Great Britain to bronze.
These actions need to be taken, not so the U.S. can be moved up, but so the IOC is not regarded as a joke to the gymnastics community. I do not believe they will take any action until after everyone is out of China, and even then they will probably do what the FIG did to Paul Hamm and write a letter asking the Chinese girl to give up her medal on her own volition.
Maybe not in your business, but in my industry wireless is the only option. Between forklift operators, runners, and other misc. warehouse crew, there is no way to run cable.
We do have wired phones, wired servers, etc. But the core of the business is warehouse distribution, and in order to track product our warehouse employees need wireless.
Super Mario Brothers, SMB3, Zelda, Paperboy, Offroad, Excite Bike... probably about 20 or so at least that I still play. Thanks to emulators, I can play almost any NES or SNES game on my phone, giving new life to these old games. Maybe in 10 years we'll be playing Mass Effect on our personal portable holographic systems...
Isn't it kind of funny, though, that the game companies feel that they are entitled to advertise the game to us? I'm not justifying the GP, just noting that there is general feeling of entitlement going on around the world.
Movie studios feel entitled to expected revenue for films... Companies feel entitled to advertise the games based on films... Gamers feel entitled to play the games and watch the film...
I'm willing to make some sacrifices. How about welfare payments without a drug test? Or major crop (e.g. rice) subsidies? Or more "agents" requiring me to take off my shoes to get on a plane?
If there was a politician that came forward with these kind of ideas, I would gladly vote for him/her. But the reality is that talking about cutting items just isn't as sexy as bringing in new projects.
It's funny that you mention this, as I just upgraded to Hardy last week. Everything worked the first time, out of the box. I did an XP reinstall for a friend last night, and after two hours of an install, the network drivers don't work, the display drivers are the wrong ones, sound doesn't work, etc.
It's too bad my friend's grandson wants to play games, otherwise I'd be going Ubuntu all the way.
I had a similar problem recently when I upgraded to the Gutsy from Feisty. It took about four times of entering the correct display driver and restarting before it would allow me to get a higher resolution than 1024x768. Then, since I didn't care about rebuilding, I did a brand new install off of a Gutsy disc rather than upgrade. It worked flawlessly the first time with both the restricted drivers and the open source ones. Afterward, I upgraded to the Hardy beta and the display drivers kept.
I think that Ubuntu isn't quite the 'set it and forget it' OS that people want it to be, but I have far less problems with Ubuntu that the recent XP rebuild I did last night with no driver disc. Sure, the OS installed fine. But with no working NIC, I had to transfer the drivers back and forth on a USB flash drive.
Check the IRC channels for support- anything I haven't found in a forum has always been answered there.
I don't think the general U.S. public will ever completely go back to liking the French. There has always been disdain, but the non-joining-our-war was just an excuse to display it. The French annoy Americans, and Americans annoy the French. And if you want perspective about Texas, there are a few people I know that refer to the State of Texas as "The Country of Texas", touting (falsely, I might add) that the Texas state flag is the only flag that can be flown as high as the U.S. flag, since it was the only state that joined the union by treaty. Of course, to them, I'm a hippie from California only good for playing acoustic guitar and kicking around the hackey sack.
Not all Texans are rednecks, but some are. And odds are (to throw in my own misconceptions) if they were working the retail counter, they are not as educated as the business contacts the GP had. Thus, they were more readily accepting that French people are all worthless.
On a related note, my wife and I spent some time on our honeymoon talking to a lovely couple from London. They seemed to be pleasantly surprised to talk to people who were not only from the U.S., but the "redneck" state of Texas. Our world views were surprisingly similar, our family values were similar, and in general we were just two couples looking to live a happy life. In short, we were both semi-prejudiced about each others cultures. I just hope the GP forgave the negative Texans and their viewpoint and helped to give a positive perception of French people. This is a double-edged sword. Texans obviously shouldn't be so rude, but the GP should also not return their negativity, as it just further fuels the fire.
While I think you have the right idea, I think your pricing is a little off.
It would probably follow something more like this: $20 - base charge, 1GB transfer $5/GB - up to 19GB $4/GB - next 30GB Cut off after 50GB usage
I think this is why people are hesitant to move to a new pricing scheme. I mean, if they are screwing us (in the U.S., anyway) as it is, what about when they start using the utility-style pricing? In addition, they have to guarantee at least some connectivity (albeit not that great of a guarantee) with the current pricing. What about with utility-style? They could be down for longer periods of time with the excuse "well, you weren't using your connection at that time, so you don't pay".
In theory, utility-style is a good idea. But until they have to start acting like a utility (gov't oversight, profit caps, etc.) this can't be a good scheme.
Your point is extremely valid. I was the IT/everything guy for a small company, and even though I only found one license for Illustrator 10, SpiceWorks found about 7 computers out of 40 with the program installed. And this is the way it was for about 75% of the software they used. I have half a mind to turn them in, but being let go from that company may have been the best thing that happened to me.
I think you're right, to a certain extent. I have never found help by asking in a forum, but I have found plenty of solutions by searching Google and then the results happened to be in a forum.
Yes, I do have the IRC logs to back it up. The scenario I needed help with was that I added a drive to the LVM, but the size of the LVM didn't expand with it. Since I don't know if I would remember the command, I saved the IRC chat. The Post non-AC and I will post them under you.
You mean the economic "destruction" from 1993-2000 when it was a republican controlled congress? The guy sitting in the chair at the white house isn't necessarily the one that dictates the fiscal policy.
I have had nothing but help from the folks on the IRC channels, and although I have yet to post in a forum, the tone of the messages have overwhelmingly been positive. However, my experience is limited to Ubuntu and Debian, so I cannot comment on other distributions.
If you're looking for help with Ubuntu, ubuntuguide.org is always a good reference. That, or the IRC channels if you want to speak to someone hands on. Last time I had trouble I went on there and got my LVM fixed within twenty minutes. It probably would have been faster, but the person on the other end was helping three other people at the same time, so the wait was understandable.
I agree that the OS should come with a certain set of instructions, but for the most part, a Google search will turn up any forum reference to the problem, especially if you put part of the error code in the search string.
Outlawing Nerf guns is stupid. And outlawing real guns is stupid. Putting a ban on guns only puts a ban on good people owning guns, not bad people. Just as there is no bug-free code, there is no bug-free ban on guns. And giving up an essential liberty of protecting oneself for the perceived safety of a gun-free world is almost exactly what Ben Franklin was talking about.
The manager is a representative of the band. Since Paul McGuinness has been with the band since May of 1978, I would imagine he knows the band members pretty well. In addition, the speech text is on the band's website. U2 undoubtedly supports his opinion, as this was posted yesterday and has yet to be pulled to make room for an apology. They can be as big of a band as they want, but insulting other industries with arrogant, boorish remarks is a quick way to piss a lot of people off. IMO, U2 has only made one good album and continues to ride that one to this day.
I would say that is a very valid argument. Excluding touch phones (iPhone, Palm, etc.), getting to a typo earlier in the text message requires a lot more to fix (using the directional pad to get to the misspell) than just sending and assuming the party on the other end will understand. Yeah, it's pure laziness to not fix the errors, but this still happens. In addition, I think some people are so used to auto spell checker just working or simply ignoring their mistakes because txtspk fails spell check anyway.
Whether it's laziness or disregard for proofreading, it still happens. It will be interesting to see if or when this culture spills onto business proposals and such.
Unfortunately, you are too right. A while back I started subscribing to some of the more popular e-mailed network magazines. I honestly didn't see too much content there that was newsworthy (or new, for that matter). The reason I subscribed was because these were the magazines I saw on the desks of the older management... the policy creators. I would read the magazine on a Tuesday, and by the Friday meeting I would know what insane user or network policy was going to be put in place. If the magazine had an article on how fingerprint scanners were the only secure way to get on the network, one manager was insistent on the need for those on everyone's laptops and desktops (including our customers, since we were a consulting firm).
I think you are right, though- the merit for the job should not be solely based on experience or age. It should be based on the ability to do the job and do the job well. I just think that because someone is unable replace an AGP card does not mean they do not know how to design a good system for the end users (or for the people administrating the system).
On a similar personal note, my mother has been programming for the better of 25 years now. I do not think she would enjoy doing hardware support or tech support, but she can manage a coding project from start to finish better than people half her age that have more knowledge of the hardware her systems are going on. From what she's told me, the people that can't do their jobs are the ones that do not know how to ask the important questions to get the job done...
While your boss may not know how to take out an AGP card, I'm sure he knows a heck of a lot about policies and procedures... specifically when it comes to user IT management. IT is more than just a field of working with computers- it's about working with users to help them and show them how technology can impact their jobs.
And while some of those people may not be in exactly the correct position, some of them are there (as you mentioned) because they can handle a project. They can't plug/unplug AGP cards, but they can make the system work well.
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I've seen a fair amount in the scored events, and the consistency if judging seems to be a crap shoot. How does someone fall off of a balance beam still score better than someone who stayed on the beam?
I think to anyone who watched the events, China's gold is definitely tainted.
Well, the girl in question scored the highest in the team uneven bars event. If her score is taken out, U.S. takes gold, Romania silver, and Russia bronze. In addition, she won the individual uneven bars event. Her disqualification pushes the U.S. up to gold, China to silver, and Great Britain to bronze.
These actions need to be taken, not so the U.S. can be moved up, but so the IOC is not regarded as a joke to the gymnastics community. I do not believe they will take any action until after everyone is out of China, and even then they will probably do what the FIG did to Paul Hamm and write a letter asking the Chinese girl to give up her medal on her own volition.
I beat my wife all the time because she sucks at video games ...
Are you sure this is the way you want to phrase this one?
Maybe not in your business, but in my industry wireless is the only option. Between forklift operators, runners, and other misc. warehouse crew, there is no way to run cable.
We do have wired phones, wired servers, etc. But the core of the business is warehouse distribution, and in order to track product our warehouse employees need wireless.
Super Mario Brothers, SMB3, Zelda, Paperboy, Offroad, Excite Bike... probably about 20 or so at least that I still play. Thanks to emulators, I can play almost any NES or SNES game on my phone, giving new life to these old games. Maybe in 10 years we'll be playing Mass Effect on our personal portable holographic systems...
Isn't it kind of funny, though, that the game companies feel that they are entitled to advertise the game to us? I'm not justifying the GP, just noting that there is general feeling of entitlement going on around the world.
Movie studios feel entitled to expected revenue for films...
Companies feel entitled to advertise the games based on films...
Gamers feel entitled to play the games and watch the film...
I'm willing to make some sacrifices. How about welfare payments without a drug test? Or major crop (e.g. rice) subsidies? Or more "agents" requiring me to take off my shoes to get on a plane?
If there was a politician that came forward with these kind of ideas, I would gladly vote for him/her. But the reality is that talking about cutting items just isn't as sexy as bringing in new projects.
It's funny that you mention this, as I just upgraded to Hardy last week. Everything worked the first time, out of the box. I did an XP reinstall for a friend last night, and after two hours of an install, the network drivers don't work, the display drivers are the wrong ones, sound doesn't work, etc.
It's too bad my friend's grandson wants to play games, otherwise I'd be going Ubuntu all the way.
I had a similar problem recently when I upgraded to the Gutsy from Feisty. It took about four times of entering the correct display driver and restarting before it would allow me to get a higher resolution than 1024x768. Then, since I didn't care about rebuilding, I did a brand new install off of a Gutsy disc rather than upgrade. It worked flawlessly the first time with both the restricted drivers and the open source ones. Afterward, I upgraded to the Hardy beta and the display drivers kept.
I think that Ubuntu isn't quite the 'set it and forget it' OS that people want it to be, but I have far less problems with Ubuntu that the recent XP rebuild I did last night with no driver disc. Sure, the OS installed fine. But with no working NIC, I had to transfer the drivers back and forth on a USB flash drive.
Check the IRC channels for support- anything I haven't found in a forum has always been answered there.
I don't think the general U.S. public will ever completely go back to liking the French. There has always been disdain, but the non-joining-our-war was just an excuse to display it. The French annoy Americans, and Americans annoy the French. And if you want perspective about Texas, there are a few people I know that refer to the State of Texas as "The Country of Texas", touting (falsely, I might add) that the Texas state flag is the only flag that can be flown as high as the U.S. flag, since it was the only state that joined the union by treaty. Of course, to them, I'm a hippie from California only good for playing acoustic guitar and kicking around the hackey sack.
Not all Texans are rednecks, but some are. And odds are (to throw in my own misconceptions) if they were working the retail counter, they are not as educated as the business contacts the GP had. Thus, they were more readily accepting that French people are all worthless.
On a related note, my wife and I spent some time on our honeymoon talking to a lovely couple from London. They seemed to be pleasantly surprised to talk to people who were not only from the U.S., but the "redneck" state of Texas. Our world views were surprisingly similar, our family values were similar, and in general we were just two couples looking to live a happy life. In short, we were both semi-prejudiced about each others cultures. I just hope the GP forgave the negative Texans and their viewpoint and helped to give a positive perception of French people. This is a double-edged sword. Texans obviously shouldn't be so rude, but the GP should also not return their negativity, as it just further fuels the fire.
While I think you have the right idea, I think your pricing is a little off.
It would probably follow something more like this:
$20 - base charge, 1GB transfer
$5/GB - up to 19GB
$4/GB - next 30GB
Cut off after 50GB usage
I think this is why people are hesitant to move to a new pricing scheme. I mean, if they are screwing us (in the U.S., anyway) as it is, what about when they start using the utility-style pricing? In addition, they have to guarantee at least some connectivity (albeit not that great of a guarantee) with the current pricing. What about with utility-style? They could be down for longer periods of time with the excuse "well, you weren't using your connection at that time, so you don't pay".
In theory, utility-style is a good idea. But until they have to start acting like a utility (gov't oversight, profit caps, etc.) this can't be a good scheme.
Your point is extremely valid. I was the IT/everything guy for a small company, and even though I only found one license for Illustrator 10, SpiceWorks found about 7 computers out of 40 with the program installed. And this is the way it was for about 75% of the software they used. I have half a mind to turn them in, but being let go from that company may have been the best thing that happened to me.
I think you're right, to a certain extent. I have never found help by asking in a forum, but I have found plenty of solutions by searching Google and then the results happened to be in a forum.
Yes, I do have the IRC logs to back it up. The scenario I needed help with was that I added a drive to the LVM, but the size of the LVM didn't expand with it. Since I don't know if I would remember the command, I saved the IRC chat. The Post non-AC and I will post them under you.
You mean the economic "destruction" from 1993-2000 when it was a republican controlled congress? The guy sitting in the chair at the white house isn't necessarily the one that dictates the fiscal policy.
Safari doesn't really benefit Apple tho...
Just wait until there's iTunes+Quicktime+Safari, where the only way to get iTunes (legally) is to install their other software.
Got any links to back that up?
I have had nothing but help from the folks on the IRC channels, and although I have yet to post in a forum, the tone of the messages have overwhelmingly been positive. However, my experience is limited to Ubuntu and Debian, so I cannot comment on other distributions.
If you're looking for help with Ubuntu, ubuntuguide.org is always a good reference. That, or the IRC channels if you want to speak to someone hands on. Last time I had trouble I went on there and got my LVM fixed within twenty minutes. It probably would have been faster, but the person on the other end was helping three other people at the same time, so the wait was understandable.
I agree that the OS should come with a certain set of instructions, but for the most part, a Google search will turn up any forum reference to the problem, especially if you put part of the error code in the search string.
Outlawing Nerf guns is stupid. And outlawing real guns is stupid. Putting a ban on guns only puts a ban on good people owning guns, not bad people. Just as there is no bug-free code, there is no bug-free ban on guns. And giving up an essential liberty of protecting oneself for the perceived safety of a gun-free world is almost exactly what Ben Franklin was talking about.
The manager is a representative of the band. Since Paul McGuinness has been with the band since May of 1978, I would imagine he knows the band members pretty well. In addition, the speech text is on the band's website. U2 undoubtedly supports his opinion, as this was posted yesterday and has yet to be pulled to make room for an apology. They can be as big of a band as they want, but insulting other industries with arrogant, boorish remarks is a quick way to piss a lot of people off. IMO, U2 has only made one good album and continues to ride that one to this day.
...the Vaio SZ range is shit-hot.
So you're staying it's a steaming pile of crap?
promote the general welfare
That is the key right there. We should be trying to promote general welfare, not give general welfare.
I would say that is a very valid argument. Excluding touch phones (iPhone, Palm, etc.), getting to a typo earlier in the text message requires a lot more to fix (using the directional pad to get to the misspell) than just sending and assuming the party on the other end will understand. Yeah, it's pure laziness to not fix the errors, but this still happens. In addition, I think some people are so used to auto spell checker just working or simply ignoring their mistakes because txtspk fails spell check anyway.
Whether it's laziness or disregard for proofreading, it still happens. It will be interesting to see if or when this culture spills onto business proposals and such.
Unfortunately, you are too right. A while back I started subscribing to some of the more popular e-mailed network magazines. I honestly didn't see too much content there that was newsworthy (or new, for that matter). The reason I subscribed was because these were the magazines I saw on the desks of the older management... the policy creators. I would read the magazine on a Tuesday, and by the Friday meeting I would know what insane user or network policy was going to be put in place. If the magazine had an article on how fingerprint scanners were the only secure way to get on the network, one manager was insistent on the need for those on everyone's laptops and desktops (including our customers, since we were a consulting firm).
I think you are right, though- the merit for the job should not be solely based on experience or age. It should be based on the ability to do the job and do the job well. I just think that because someone is unable replace an AGP card does not mean they do not know how to design a good system for the end users (or for the people administrating the system).
On a similar personal note, my mother has been programming for the better of 25 years now. I do not think she would enjoy doing hardware support or tech support, but she can manage a coding project from start to finish better than people half her age that have more knowledge of the hardware her systems are going on. From what she's told me, the people that can't do their jobs are the ones that do not know how to ask the important questions to get the job done...
While your boss may not know how to take out an AGP card, I'm sure he knows a heck of a lot about policies and procedures... specifically when it comes to user IT management. IT is more than just a field of working with computers- it's about working with users to help them and show them how technology can impact their jobs.
And while some of those people may not be in exactly the correct position, some of them are there (as you mentioned) because they can handle a project. They can't plug/unplug AGP cards, but they can make the system work well.
I don't know if this is the clip you saw, but here's the voice of Mario.