Hey thanks for the tips!! I'm still seriously considering it.
I _really_ want something I can use for recording about 2 hours of audio however. It's the one "feature" that is really holding me back from getting one. I realize I may have to get an iRiver for that purpose, but I can't get both so I was hoping to be able to do it with the GP2X. Why don't hardware makers realize the incredible usefulness of a line-in?? I can't believe the number of Mp3 players on the market that you can't use to RECORD.
Still, the GP2X looks amazing. I'd definitely choose it over a gaming machine. (If only it could play the new Mario... sigh.)
If I understand correctly, aren't the hardware specs open? If so, is there even a need for the missing source code? With the hardware specs available, (I don't know if they actually are), it should be possible to re-implement the entire system from scratch, if need be. (Yes, extra, unnecessary work, but at least possible.) It would be cool to have all the source, but even if some of it is missing (for shame!), it doesn't really restrict the use of the device, right? Because someone can always, for example, do their own port of MPlayer instead of using the one it comes with.
On a side note, I think this device is fantastic and I have been really considering getting one... but there are a few missing features that make it just short of perfect for me. I wish it had an easier way to implement USB host mode so I could attach, for example, a USB audio interface. As it is, you have to buy some extra external cable for using USB devices with it. Also I wish it had a line-in so I could use it for recording music. (I suppose the USB host would fix this!? But is it fast enough for USB audio?) Also I wish it had some sort of networking ability, instead of just showing up as a USB storage device. Built-in wireless, for example. (Again I suppose this could be accomplished via the USB host, if it was built-in.. but it would be even nicer if you didn't have to add anything.)
However, being open, this device already offers me way more possibilities than the PSP or the DS! (Hm, except the new Mario game, which I'm dying to try... damn!) I really would love to try one, if I had an extra $200 sitting around. (plus $40 for the USB host interface..., etc., etc) However with these deficiencies.. it makes me kind of want to wait for the next version to come along.
I often read slashdot without signing in, doing so only for making posts. Partly because it's more convenient, partly because.. you know, I don't always want to be signed in.
There's been a few comments about minor preferences, such as whether the body uses serif or sans-serif. These kind of things should be easily customized without having to sign in.
So: It would be nice if there was a way of choosing a style sheet or changing minor preferences by specifying it in the URL, so I could simply bookmark it. For example: http://www.slashdot.org/?style=ponies&font=serif
I mean, would it be THAT hard to do? I see why it's necessary to choose a good, simple default design, but it would be fantastic if it was possible to bookmark your favorite stylesheet this way, being able to choose from a large catalogue of people's designs. Imagine every user could register designs and you could choose someone's stylesheet by specifying it in the URL: http://www.slashdot.org/?style=user_radarsat1
That way people would be submitting new designs all the time, it would be a great way to generate some creativity on the site.
Lately, whenever I find a program that doesn't give itself a proper menu item, I've been filing it as a bug. I suggest doing the same!
I agree partially with your post in that a standard directory structure would be useful, but on the other hand I think it's very important that operating systems have the freedom to reorganize things as they see fit.. Personally I think all programs should be flexible enough to be relocated easily without being recompiled, but that's another story.
Awesome, this is really good news for audio people. I want to see how I can take advantage of this... I hope the license isn't too restrictive. It might be a good example of how to use the GPU for general purpose (vector-based) computation, something I've been wanting to explore.
Just curious, how does the use of the GPU for this kind of thing affect the graphics display? Are you unable to draw on the screen while it's running, or something?
I would have to agree. I recently switched to Ubuntu and immediately loved it. Everything smooth -- even my printer works! (Something I've had considerable difficulty with in other distros..)
However the last couple of kernel updates have actually broken my boot. First one I got some kind of "bad ramdisk image" problem, so I switched back to the previous kernel version. (Thank goodness it doesn't automatically de-install the older version.) The next update booted fine but broke my Nvidia driver for some reason. Maybe the update was not synched properly with an Nvidia kernel module update? Anyways, rather than fix it I just switched back to the version that works, because I didn't really feel the need to keep the latest point-point-minor-patch version of the kernel.
Granted, there were updates and not clean installs. However, the point is... I hope not too many other people had similar problems. If they did, it's probably not a good idea to release it.
It's just good that I happen to know enough to fix these problems manually. I'm sure not everyone in the target audience would know what to do.
I dunno, maybe I'm in the minority, but I've actually NEVER heard anyone say "I bought my iPod so I can finally buy music from iTunes!!"
People buy the iPod because it's attractive, has a large harddrive (one of the first players to use a harddrive, I think), and has a great interface (circular touchpad) for browsing the contents. And, no doubt, because the marketing has been successful in making it the first thing that comes to mind when people think about MP3 players. Frankly, there may be other players on the market that do as good a job or better, but when it comes down to it the iPod is just a good little piece of hardware that does what it does very well. It doesn't take a genius to figure out why it's popular.
Personally I haven't bought one because I want something that can record a line-in signal. And because I have, like, no money at all right now. I might eventually get an iRiver or something that can record CD-quality music.
However, I'm almost sure that iTunes is never the reason why people by the iPod.. Of course, I could be wrong.
What is this need for special software for "managing my photos", anyways?
I never understood it...
I just use a little thing called "directories". Hey, Nautilus and Thunar and Konqueror and Windows Explorer even have these nifty "thumbnail" things that allow me to see them all at once!
Why would I need special software for this purpose? I'm honestly curious here... I've never been "managing my photos" and thought, "hey I wish I had a special application that could show me all the pictures in thumbnail format so I can organize them into directories..."
Granted, I've never tried Picassa. What's so great about it?
I know what you mean. I've had similar experiences... for me, it was the opposite: Why NOT switch to Linux? I realized that all the software I was using on a day-to-day basis -- browser, email, etc. was all available for Linux, and I had no reason not to try it. I kept Windows around for running my music software but since then I have managed to mostly (though not completely) switch to Linux music software.
Often I'll recommend to friends that they try it, if they show interest after seeing me use it. However I as soon as that person does something like video, music, flash, etc., I simply *cannot* recommend it to them, since I *know* they'll have problems doing what they want to do. And it's not that _Linux_ can't do it. It's just that the applications aren't available -- there's no industry support. It's sad, but true. The only thing we can do is encourage the industry to support it by asking for Linux versions of our favorite software. (I make sure to chime in on my favorite music software publishers now and then... "any Linux version available?")
For me, it's just a personal interest in using Linux. I like it. I'm certainly no evangelist.. only willing to show it to people if they ask. Although most things can be done in Linux, I can't recommend it to people who need to run "that specific application". There's simply no reason to make life more difficult for them than it is. In the meantime, I enjoy working on OSS software that may eventually make the switch more appealing.
Let's all keep it in mind: This is a work in progress! It always has been, and always will.
Of course, the whole point of CSS is that you can separate the content from the design. Your HTML will be mostly straight-forward, and the look-and-feel of your site will be entirely specified with stylesheets. In other words, CSS-based websites should look way better in Lynx than old sites that depend on table tags and weird javascript for positioning. It's win-win.
My experience with Microsoft marketing has been pretty bad so far. My first-hand impression is that they will do anything including lie to your face to get you to listen to their latest gimmick.
This is totally aside from the fact that I don't particularly like their software. I admit that because of this fact I'm probably biased, but my ACTUAL experience directly with the people is pretty bad too, so it totally doesn't help the case.
Anyways, first thing that happened: As a student, I attended a.NET promotion thing they were doing for students. We were promised a free copy of Visual Studio 7 if we attended, which I thought sounded pretty good and worth sitting through some ads for. After two hours of being marketed to, sitting through tons of stuff that really didn't interest me much (for example advertising their new tablet PC for 45 minutes when it was supposed to be an information session on.NET), what happens? They get up there and have the gall to announce that, "Oh, sorry, the VS.NET CDs weren't ready, so we don't have any to give you... but we'll send them to you." I wrote my address, never received anythign.. (after emailing them even)
Another thing that happened: I attended a conference on real-time computing. I thought I'd check out a talk called "Choosing a real-time operating system". I figured it would be an interesting overview on all the options out there (and there are a lot of interesting ones!), but after I got in there and they closed to door: "Hi, so this is an information session on how to choose a Microsoft real-time Operating System." Turned out it was for choosing between CE and XP. What a load of shit.. I was really pissed.
So all in all, my impression is not at all good. They run their company like jerks, and their sales reps are jerks.
Frankly I think some of their products are pretty good. A lot of their development utilities are really nice. XP works pretty well for it's target audience. But damn... stop lying to me and trying to trick me. It's not cool.
We can argue until earth's end about whether Micro- or Monolith-style kernels are superior. The fact is that they both have advantages. I'm sure that those who care more about stability and security over performance are going to go for the microkernel approach. The message here is that there's a right tool for the job.
But here's the thing: We HAVE Linux. Back when Linus wrote it, he just wanted to see if he could write an operating system.. and he did it. So, I think it's a safe challenge to any advocates of the microkernel approach: DO IT. Make an open-source microkernel, and make it source-compatible with the GNU tools (POSIX, etc), and turn it into an operating system. Then we'll have a nice alternative to Linux for those that want it, AND you'll have proven your point. Everyone is happy.
I realize it's a huge undertaking. Writing an OS is no easy feat. But it would be a tremendous learning opportunity. Universities, for instance, should encourage such large-scale projects. Make it so that undergrads have time to work on projects like this: Graduate students are too concerned with researching NEW technologies, that they don't have the time or inspiration to do the gruntwork of writing an OS from scratch, having to re-implement lots of already done ideas.
With the right leadership, a group of undergrads could do this. I'm sure of it. And the world would benefit.
Anyways I just think it's a little silly to constantly debate this when the whole argument could be resolved by simply having that microkernel, open source, out in the wild, turning it into a mature platform over time, and seeing which approach ends up being more reliable and useful.
I noticed that whenever virtualization comes up, no one ever mentions CoLinux. I've tried it once and was quite impressed. It takes a different approach entirely--rather than running in a virtualized environment, it is actually a port of the Linux kernel to run as a Windows process. (Some hardware is virtualized by this method, however, such as the network interface.) Are there any advantages to this approach? In terms of reliability, speed, etc.?
Maybe not ODF, but you could certainly edit a Latex file with a floppy distro that includes Nano.;-)
Throw in TeTex and you'll increase it a few megs, plus you'd need something that could render the final PDF in DirectFB or something. (Anything like that around?)
It would be nice actually if there WAS a way for Latex to be rendered to ODF... maybe there is, I wouldn't be surprised.
I'm sure a system like that would come to under 20MB. (Hypothetical yes, but not far-fetched.)
My girlfriend is currently in an illustration & design program, and she had to present a 20-piece portfolio of work. Her entire first year is hands-on stuff, they only touch computers in the second and third years. I think most programs are still like that.
And really, it seems unlikely that people's drawing skills will generally decline.. just like music, people will always be making art. Those who are good at drawing are usually doodlers, and that is something that just comes naturally. I doubt that the presence of computers has much of an effect on that. Just a hunch though.
If this "naked PC" business is also refering to Dell's offer, don't those PCs come with FreeDOS installed? That's all OEMs need to do, and they'll no longer be shipping OS-less PCs, problem solved.(?) Though I suppose even installing FreeDOS might incur an unnecessary expense for manufacturers... And if they do that, may as well include something more useful like Ubuntu instead. I dunno. Maybe even offer a start-up menu where they can choose: Linux, FreeDOS, or blank. But as I said, I guess imaging the drives in any way would increase costs.
I think the best approach to the job interview situation is this: I wear a shirt & tie. (Don't have a jacket actually though I'd wear one if I had one.) But I wear it in a sort of way that says... "I'm wearing this for the interview but I'm obviously very uncomfortable here and not used to it at all. My first day here I'll be in a t-shirt, don't you worry." Seems to give a good impression: relaxed, but willing to bend over and take it if necessary...
i agree completely, recording contracts have become quite unconcionable, artists earning MILLIONS for their owners *ahem* labels ending up with little or nothing at the end, and not because they blew it on coke and hookers.
its true! What ever happened to the God-given American RIGHT to blow all your rockstar money on coke and hookers? what is happening to this country??? Isn't this a violation of the constitution or something??
I don't know if there are good solutions for blind computing -- the very idea scares me from a UI perspective.:) What a problem! But it's quite intriguing actually...
My first thought is that I assume blind people don't need much in the way of graphical interfaces.
So you would think that Linux, or any Unix-like operating system, would quite automatically be much nicer for blind people than, for example, windows, seeing as you can actually GET THINGS DONE on the command line, an interface that I imagine is far friendlier to text-to-speech and brail systems.
Just like throwing contraband out of a moving car.
Wait a minute. IS throwing contraband out of a moving car illegal?
You're not technically caught yet, so once they do catch you, if you don't have contraband on you, you are scott free, unless a policeman can testify to say, "I saw him throw it out the window", thereby making a link between you and the contraband.
And if that's the case, do you get a higher penalty if you tried to throw it away?
I'm not being sarcastic, I'm actually asking. Does anyone know?
(I'd be interested in answers concern US and Canadian law, if anyone knows..)
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Hey thanks for the tips!!
I'm still seriously considering it.
I _really_ want something I can use for recording about 2 hours of audio however. It's the one "feature" that is really holding me back from getting one. I realize I may have to get an iRiver for that purpose, but I can't get both so I was hoping to be able to do it with the GP2X. Why don't hardware makers realize the incredible usefulness of a line-in??
I can't believe the number of Mp3 players on the market that you can't use to RECORD.
Still, the GP2X looks amazing. I'd definitely choose it over a gaming machine. (If only it could play the new Mario... sigh.)
If I understand correctly, aren't the hardware specs open?
If so, is there even a need for the missing source code? With the hardware specs available, (I don't know if they actually are), it should be possible to re-implement the entire system from scratch, if need be. (Yes, extra, unnecessary work, but at least possible.)
It would be cool to have all the source, but even if some of it is missing (for shame!), it doesn't really restrict the use of the device, right? Because someone can always, for example, do their own port of MPlayer instead of using the one it comes with.
On a side note, I think this device is fantastic and I have been really considering getting one... but there are a few missing features that make it just short of perfect for me.
I wish it had an easier way to implement USB host mode so I could attach, for example, a USB audio interface. As it is, you have to buy some extra external cable for using USB devices with it.
Also I wish it had a line-in so I could use it for recording music. (I suppose the USB host would fix this!? But is it fast enough for USB audio?)
Also I wish it had some sort of networking ability, instead of just showing up as a USB storage device. Built-in wireless, for example.
(Again I suppose this could be accomplished via the USB host, if it was built-in.. but it would be even nicer if you didn't have to add anything.)
However, being open, this device already offers me way more possibilities than the PSP or the DS! (Hm, except the new Mario game, which I'm dying to try... damn!) I really would love to try one, if I had an extra $200 sitting around. (plus $40 for the USB host interface..., etc., etc) However with these deficiencies.. it makes me kind of want to wait for the next version to come along.
I often read slashdot without signing in, doing so only for making posts.
Partly because it's more convenient, partly because.. you know, I don't always want to be signed in.
There's been a few comments about minor preferences, such as whether the body uses serif or sans-serif. These kind of things should be easily customized without having to sign in.
So: It would be nice if there was a way of choosing a style sheet or changing minor preferences by specifying it in the URL, so I could simply bookmark it. For example: http://www.slashdot.org/?style=ponies&font=serif
I mean, would it be THAT hard to do?
I see why it's necessary to choose a good, simple default design, but it would be fantastic if it was possible to bookmark your favorite stylesheet this way, being able to choose from a large catalogue of people's designs. Imagine every user could register designs and you could choose someone's stylesheet by specifying it in the URL: http://www.slashdot.org/?style=user_radarsat1
That way people would be submitting new designs all the time, it would be a great way to generate some creativity on the site.
I dunno..
Anyways, just an idea.
Lately, whenever I find a program that doesn't give itself a proper menu item, I've been filing it as a bug. I suggest doing the same!
I agree partially with your post in that a standard directory structure would be useful, but on the other hand I think it's very important that operating systems have the freedom to reorganize things as they see fit..
Personally I think all programs should be flexible enough to be relocated easily without being recompiled, but that's another story.
Awesome, this is really good news for audio people.
I want to see how I can take advantage of this... I hope the license isn't too restrictive.
It might be a good example of how to use the GPU for general purpose (vector-based) computation, something I've been wanting to explore.
Just curious, how does the use of the GPU for this kind of thing affect the graphics display?
Are you unable to draw on the screen while it's running, or something?
Cool story, I enjoyed reading that. :)
I would have to agree.
I recently switched to Ubuntu and immediately loved it. Everything smooth -- even my printer works! (Something I've had considerable difficulty with in other distros..)
However the last couple of kernel updates have actually broken my boot. First one I got some kind of "bad ramdisk image" problem, so I switched back to the previous kernel version. (Thank goodness it doesn't automatically de-install the older version.) The next update booted fine but broke my Nvidia driver for some reason. Maybe the update was not synched properly with an Nvidia kernel module update? Anyways, rather than fix it I just switched back to the version that works, because I didn't really feel the need to keep the latest point-point-minor-patch version of the kernel.
Granted, there were updates and not clean installs. However, the point is... I hope not too many other people had similar problems. If they did, it's probably not a good idea to release it.
It's just good that I happen to know enough to fix these problems manually. I'm sure not everyone in the target audience would know what to do.
I dunno, maybe I'm in the minority, but I've actually NEVER heard anyone say "I bought my iPod so I can finally buy music from iTunes!!"
People buy the iPod because it's attractive, has a large harddrive (one of the first players to use a harddrive, I think), and has a great interface (circular touchpad) for browsing the contents. And, no doubt, because the marketing has been successful in making it the first thing that comes to mind when people think about MP3 players. Frankly, there may be other players on the market that do as good a job or better, but when it comes down to it the iPod is just a good little piece of hardware that does what it does very well. It doesn't take a genius to figure out why it's popular.
Personally I haven't bought one because I want something that can record a line-in signal. And because I have, like, no money at all right now. I might eventually get an iRiver or something that can record CD-quality music.
However, I'm almost sure that iTunes is never the reason why people by the iPod..
Of course, I could be wrong.
What is this need for special software for "managing my photos", anyways?
I never understood it...
I just use a little thing called "directories". Hey, Nautilus and Thunar and Konqueror and Windows Explorer even have these nifty "thumbnail" things that allow me to see them all at once!
Why would I need special software for this purpose?
I'm honestly curious here... I've never been "managing my photos" and thought, "hey I wish I had a special application that could show me all the pictures in thumbnail format so I can organize them into directories..."
Granted, I've never tried Picassa.
What's so great about it?
I know what you mean. I've had similar experiences... for me, it was the opposite: Why NOT switch to Linux? I realized that all the software I was using on a day-to-day basis -- browser, email, etc. was all available for Linux, and I had no reason not to try it. I kept Windows around for running my music software but since then I have managed to mostly (though not completely) switch to Linux music software.
Often I'll recommend to friends that they try it, if they show interest after seeing me use it. However I as soon as that person does something like video, music, flash, etc., I simply *cannot* recommend it to them, since I *know* they'll have problems doing what they want to do. And it's not that _Linux_ can't do it. It's just that the applications aren't available -- there's no industry support. It's sad, but true. The only thing we can do is encourage the industry to support it by asking for Linux versions of our favorite software. (I make sure to chime in on my favorite music software publishers now and then... "any Linux version available?")
For me, it's just a personal interest in using Linux. I like it. I'm certainly no evangelist.. only willing to show it to people if they ask. Although most things can be done in Linux, I can't recommend it to people who need to run "that specific application". There's simply no reason to make life more difficult for them than it is. In the meantime, I enjoy working on OSS software that may eventually make the switch more appealing.
Let's all keep it in mind: This is a work in progress! It always has been, and always will.
Of course, the whole point of CSS is that you can separate the content from the design. Your HTML will be mostly straight-forward, and the look-and-feel of your site will be entirely specified with stylesheets. In other words, CSS-based websites should look way better in Lynx than old sites that depend on table tags and weird javascript for positioning. It's win-win.
My experience with Microsoft marketing has been pretty bad so far.
.NET promotion thing they were doing for students. We were promised a free copy of Visual Studio 7 if we attended, which I thought sounded pretty good and worth sitting through some ads for. After two hours of being marketed to, sitting through tons of stuff that really didn't interest me much (for example advertising their new tablet PC for 45 minutes when it was supposed to be an information session on .NET), what happens? They get up there and have the gall to announce that, "Oh, sorry, the VS.NET CDs weren't ready, so we don't have any to give you... but we'll send them to you." I wrote my address, never received anythign.. (after emailing them even)
My first-hand impression is that they will do anything including lie to your face to get you to listen to their latest gimmick.
This is totally aside from the fact that I don't particularly like their software. I admit that because of this fact I'm probably biased, but my ACTUAL experience directly with the people is pretty bad too, so it totally doesn't help the case.
Anyways, first thing that happened: As a student, I attended a
Another thing that happened: I attended a conference on real-time computing. I thought I'd check out a talk called "Choosing a real-time operating system". I figured it would be an interesting overview on all the options out there (and there are a lot of interesting ones!), but after I got in there and they closed to door: "Hi, so this is an information session on how to choose a Microsoft real-time Operating System." Turned out it was for choosing between CE and XP. What a load of shit.. I was really pissed.
So all in all, my impression is not at all good. They run their company like jerks, and their sales reps are jerks.
Frankly I think some of their products are pretty good. A lot of their development utilities are really nice. XP works pretty well for it's target audience. But damn... stop lying to me and trying to trick me. It's not cool.
We can argue until earth's end about whether Micro- or Monolith-style kernels are superior. The fact is that they both have advantages. I'm sure that those who care more about stability and security over performance are going to go for the microkernel approach. The message here is that there's a right tool for the job.
But here's the thing: We HAVE Linux. Back when Linus wrote it, he just wanted to see if he could write an operating system.. and he did it. So, I think it's a safe challenge to any advocates of the microkernel approach: DO IT. Make an open-source microkernel, and make it source-compatible with the GNU tools (POSIX, etc), and turn it into an operating system. Then we'll have a nice alternative to Linux for those that want it, AND you'll have proven your point. Everyone is happy.
I realize it's a huge undertaking. Writing an OS is no easy feat. But it would be a tremendous learning opportunity. Universities, for instance, should encourage such large-scale projects. Make it so that undergrads have time to work on projects like this: Graduate students are too concerned with researching NEW technologies, that they don't have the time or inspiration to do the gruntwork of writing an OS from scratch, having to re-implement lots of already done ideas.
With the right leadership, a group of undergrads could do this. I'm sure of it. And the world would benefit.
Anyways I just think it's a little silly to constantly debate this when the whole argument could be resolved by simply having that microkernel, open source, out in the wild, turning it into a mature platform over time, and seeing which approach ends up being more reliable and useful.
All I want to know is, what's the minimum amount of $$ I can spend to be able to run XGL?
I don't play games, I just want my accelerated desktop...
Ah, thanks, I didn't know that. Interesting. Maybe there's no point after all, if virtualization is a better solution.
Hm, sounds good. How hard is it for a foreigner to come and get a job there? ;-)
I love Indian food.
I noticed that whenever virtualization comes up, no one ever mentions CoLinux. I've tried it once and was quite impressed. It takes a different approach entirely--rather than running in a virtualized environment, it is actually a port of the Linux kernel to run as a Windows process. (Some hardware is virtualized by this method, however, such as the network interface.) Are there any advantages to this approach? In terms of reliability, speed, etc.?
Just curious.
Maybe not ODF, but you could certainly edit a Latex file with a floppy distro that includes Nano. ;-)
Throw in TeTex and you'll increase it a few megs, plus you'd need something that could render the final PDF in DirectFB or something. (Anything like that around?)
It would be nice actually if there WAS a way for Latex to be rendered to ODF... maybe there is, I wouldn't be surprised.
I'm sure a system like that would come to under 20MB.
(Hypothetical yes, but not far-fetched.)
Anyways, I think your comment is pretty good.
My girlfriend is currently in an illustration & design program, and she had to present a 20-piece portfolio of work. Her entire first year is hands-on stuff, they only touch computers in the second and third years. I think most programs are still like that. And really, it seems unlikely that people's drawing skills will generally decline.. just like music, people will always be making art. Those who are good at drawing are usually doodlers, and that is something that just comes naturally. I doubt that the presence of computers has much of an effect on that. Just a hunch though.
If this "naked PC" business is also refering to Dell's offer, don't those PCs come with FreeDOS installed? That's all OEMs need to do, and they'll no longer be shipping OS-less PCs, problem solved.(?)
Though I suppose even installing FreeDOS might incur an unnecessary expense for manufacturers...
And if they do that, may as well include something more useful like Ubuntu instead. I dunno. Maybe even offer a start-up menu where they can choose: Linux, FreeDOS, or blank. But as I said, I guess imaging the drives in any way would increase costs.
I think the best approach to the job interview situation is this: I wear a shirt & tie. (Don't have a jacket actually though I'd wear one if I had one.) But I wear it in a sort of way that says... "I'm wearing this for the interview but I'm obviously very uncomfortable here and not used to it at all. My first day here I'll be in a t-shirt, don't you worry." Seems to give a good impression: relaxed, but willing to bend over and take it if necessary...
i agree completely, recording contracts have become quite unconcionable, artists earning MILLIONS for their owners *ahem* labels ending up with little or nothing at the end, and not because they blew it on coke and hookers.
its true!
What ever happened to the God-given American RIGHT to blow all your rockstar money on coke and hookers? what is happening to this country??? Isn't this a violation of the constitution or something??
I don't know if there are good solutions for blind computing -- the very idea scares me from a UI perspective. :) What a problem! But it's quite intriguing actually...
My first thought is that I assume blind people don't need much in the way of graphical interfaces.
So you would think that Linux, or any Unix-like operating system, would quite automatically be much nicer for blind people than, for example, windows, seeing as you can actually GET THINGS DONE on the command line, an interface that I imagine is far friendlier to text-to-speech and brail systems.
I agree. Looking at it that way... the company has no case here.
Just like throwing contraband out of a moving car. Wait a minute. IS throwing contraband out of a moving car illegal? You're not technically caught yet, so once they do catch you, if you don't have contraband on you, you are scott free, unless a policeman can testify to say, "I saw him throw it out the window", thereby making a link between you and the contraband. And if that's the case, do you get a higher penalty if you tried to throw it away? I'm not being sarcastic, I'm actually asking. Does anyone know? (I'd be interested in answers concern US and Canadian law, if anyone knows..)