I think Y would be the next logical choice of names for the new project.
Well... What can you do.
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I used to like real player, because it was the only program that would play the real audio clips that were on the internet. That was about 5 years ago. Now real player is bloated and full of extras that have little to do with streaming audio. When Real Networks launched their game service, it seemed they were trying anything to stay functioning as an 'internet' business.
Remember, the majority in this case is the billions of people in the third world who also want a piece of the action
It's not that India shouldn't get a peice of the pie, but I think people are dissappointed with the way American companies are voluntarily sending our jobs overseas. It's not like India has competed fairly; generating their own capital, creating their own inventions, their own markets, and taking the business from us in a traditional capitalist way.
American companies have volunteered to give away american jobs. In a competitive economy, american workers are pissed that their own employers are doing it, not that India is getting some pie.
I can't beleive how dense these outsourcing people are. You employ 100 people to develop software to ship thousands of jobs overseas. How does that help us?
I really dont understand how companies can layoff people, send their jobs overseas, and expect their profits to rise. They layoff people, their customers... WHO will buy their products? with no one having enough money to buy them.
There is only ONE reason for outsourcing. Only one reason: to make the CEOs and execs of these companies more money.
These stories of how outsourcing is better in the end are a complete farse. There is NO benefit for the average american worker.
I'm not a fan of big endian... or is it little endian... I dont remember, but I do know, if it's backwards, it's backwards because it's reverse of what I'm used to.
This story reminds me of the story of the Aral sea in Russia. For different reasons than the Great Salty Lake, the level of the Aral sea has dropped 60ft since the 1960s. 60feet!! Towns that were on the shores of the lake are now hundreds of miles from its present shore.
The most interesting thing to me is the ships that litter the former seabed. The lake has also become so salty that no fish live in it.
My point exactly. Gnome 2.6 is due to be released soon, I was hoping they would have at least one fedora testX release with gnome 2.6 in it. Even if that meant waiting 2 days to have two test releases instead of one with gnome 2.6
Why do i feel that could easily become much more expensive than getting their packages. If you pay $1.00/channel, if you currently get 70 channels, and you wanted to pay the same rate, you might only get 40 channels.
If you have more than one person in the household, each one is going to want to watch different channels, and you might end up paying close to the same amount you are now, except when your friend calls and says "check out the show on channel 'etc'!!" and you dont have it, you might wish you did.
I'm sure it'll be good for some people though, especially elderly. But buying things individually is usually more expensive per item than getting a package.
It was pretty interesting to read about the X number of plots. I always knew Hollywood would run out of ideas if they keep producing films at their current pace.
That was actually my point. There are a finite number of basic plots you can have, and a finite number of ways to present those plots.
Those 4 basic ways of graphically representing a game are 4 that i felt covered most games. The plots might be different, but the graphics, 2D or 3D, or 2/3D have a narrow range of possibilities.
Hotmail was such a pain in the butt when i used it. It was nice before Microsoft bought it, but then it turned downhill. Everything was tied directly into the MSN homepage. Worst was passport system, which magically never worked.
I was pretty happy about that, I didn't feel comfortable with their implementation. I think a common login would be useful, but maybe if it was done by RSA, not by Microsoft.
Ashcroft is a nutcase. He spent $8000 of taxpayers money cover up the bare breasts on the lady of justice statue in Washington DC. Because, as Al Franken says "he didn't want to be photographed next to another boob."
He also has daily prayer sessions with his staff. Regardless of their faith.
There are also stories of him asking judges to annoint him with oil when he got into a new position... weird stuff. He's just an all around nut.
If you want something hands on, you should consider being a Physician Assistant. All healthcare professionals are in demand now, especially nurses. Being a PA is like being an MD, except you must practice under the supervision of an MD.
Diagnosing health problems is similar to debugging code or diagnosing hardware problems. Going into healthcare would be a good choice for someone looking for something more hands on. Remember, you can always program as a hobby. If you want a rewarding job, healthcare is the way to go.
Also, I work in IT, and I would be extremely happy if i never EVER hear "touch base" again.
I know of someone who can sell you a laptop cheap. My indian friend at "Happy America Store" across from the Empire State Building. He can get you a great deal. Bring cash. Some models are scratch and dent, very cheap. All common brands, Sony, Dell, Compaq. He can also sell you cameras, watches, video tapes. If you want another kind of "lap top", he can arrange that too. Cash only.
That sounds like most IT jobs. I've found that IT is different from research and academia. Where I work, at an insurance company, I started referring to what I do as shoveling data. Because my entire job can be summed in one flow chart. Begin, open file, read file, process data, end of file? no. read file. end of file? yes. close file. end of program.
It's mindless. The problem with programming today is that yes, it has become a commodity. Something that people expect you to be able to sit for 8 hours a day and do continuously, without thinking or having any input of your own whether WHAT your doing is really worth it.
There is no creativity in the corporate world, I think thats why so many people choose to work on open source software.
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Investing in Claria would be like buying tickets to a 3 hour live show called "Spam!".
"Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam... wonderful spam!"
I guess Z is the only one left. Then they'll have to move back to the beginning of the alphabet.
I think Y would be the next logical choice of names for the new project.
I used to like real player, because it was the only program that would play the real audio clips that were on the internet. That was about 5 years ago. Now real player is bloated and full of extras that have little to do with streaming audio. When Real Networks launched their game service, it seemed they were trying anything to stay functioning as an 'internet' business.
What a reversal. What a change. What's going on?
Seriously... why would Microsoft do this?
The lack of NYT registration is probably related to the shortness of the description.
Remember, the majority in this case is the billions of people in the third world who also want a piece of the action
It's not that India shouldn't get a peice of the pie, but I think people are dissappointed with the way American companies are voluntarily sending our jobs overseas. It's not like India has competed fairly; generating their own capital, creating their own inventions, their own markets, and taking the business from us in a traditional capitalist way.
American companies have volunteered to give away american jobs. In a competitive economy, american workers are pissed that their own employers are doing it, not that India is getting some pie.
I can't beleive how dense these outsourcing people are. You employ 100 people to develop software to ship thousands of jobs overseas. How does that help us?
I really dont understand how companies can layoff people, send their jobs overseas, and expect their profits to rise. They layoff people, their customers... WHO will buy their products? with no one having enough money to buy them.
There is only ONE reason for outsourcing. Only one reason: to make the CEOs and execs of these companies more money.
These stories of how outsourcing is better in the end are a complete farse. There is NO benefit for the average american worker.
Will your guidance system have an Arab language version? There are many people who I know of who can translate.
If there is one company that can stand up to Microsoft and sell the OS that they want, it's WalMart.
The other computer OEMs haven't done it. They're not big enough to say "screw you, MS, were not paying $100/license"
WalMart is extremely interested in delivering the lowest price to their consumers, and removing the Microsoft OS is one way to do it.
I'm not a fan of big endian... or is it little endian... I dont remember, but I do know, if it's backwards, it's backwards because it's reverse of what I'm used to.
This story reminds me of the story of the Aral sea in Russia. For different reasons than the Great Salty Lake, the level of the Aral sea has dropped 60ft since the 1960s. 60feet!! Towns that were on the shores of the lake are now hundreds of miles from its present shore.
The most interesting thing to me is the ships that litter the former seabed. The lake has also become so salty that no fish live in it.
My point exactly. Gnome 2.6 is due to be released soon, I was hoping they would have at least one fedora testX release with gnome 2.6 in it. Even if that meant waiting 2 days to have two test releases instead of one with gnome 2.6
I notice they're still using gnome 2.5, not 2.6. I hope they get gnome 2.6 in by the test3 release.
Why do i feel that could easily become much more expensive than getting their packages. If you pay $1.00/channel, if you currently get 70 channels, and you wanted to pay the same rate, you might only get 40 channels.
If you have more than one person in the household, each one is going to want to watch different channels, and you might end up paying close to the same amount you are now, except when your friend calls and says "check out the show on channel 'etc'!!" and you dont have it, you might wish you did.
I'm sure it'll be good for some people though, especially elderly. But buying things individually is usually more expensive per item than getting a package.
It was pretty interesting to read about the X number of plots. I always knew Hollywood would run out of ideas if they keep producing films at their current pace.
For doctors practicing in Boston:
Doc "Ok, open your mouth and say 'R'"
patient "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
Doc "Good!"
That was actually my point. There are a finite number of basic plots you can have, and a finite number of ways to present those plots.
Those 4 basic ways of graphically representing a game are 4 that i felt covered most games. The plots might be different, but the graphics, 2D or 3D, or 2/3D have a narrow range of possibilities.
I think there are really only four kinds of games:
Arcade style - pac-man, pong, donkey kong, any card game
Third person - Games where the character(s) are viewed/controlled from above; Kings Quest, Warcraft, etc
First person shooter - duke nukem, doom, GTA
racing games - need for speed, etc.
Some games span more than one category, like GTA, but most (graphical) games can fit into one of these categories.
Hotmail was such a pain in the butt when i used it. It was nice before Microsoft bought it, but then it turned downhill. Everything was tied directly into the MSN homepage. Worst was passport system, which magically never worked.
I was pretty happy about that, I didn't feel comfortable with their implementation. I think a common login would be useful, but maybe if it was done by RSA, not by Microsoft.
Ashcroft is a nutcase. He spent $8000 of taxpayers money cover up the bare breasts on the lady of justice statue in Washington DC. Because, as Al Franken says "he didn't want to be photographed next to another boob."
He also has daily prayer sessions with his staff. Regardless of their faith.
There are also stories of him asking judges to annoint him with oil when he got into a new position... weird stuff. He's just an all around nut.
If you want something hands on, you should consider being a Physician Assistant. All healthcare professionals are in demand now, especially nurses. Being a PA is like being an MD, except you must practice under the supervision of an MD.
Diagnosing health problems is similar to debugging code or diagnosing hardware problems. Going into healthcare would be a good choice for someone looking for something more hands on. Remember, you can always program as a hobby. If you want a rewarding job, healthcare is the way to go.
Also, I work in IT, and I would be extremely happy if i never EVER hear "touch base" again.
I know of someone who can sell you a laptop cheap. My indian friend at "Happy America Store" across from the Empire State Building. He can get you a great deal. Bring cash. Some models are scratch and dent, very cheap. All common brands, Sony, Dell, Compaq. He can also sell you cameras, watches, video tapes. If you want another kind of "lap top", he can arrange that too. Cash only.
Is this the same company as the Royal Typewriter company? It seems possibly logical to go from typewriters to PDAs.
That sounds like most IT jobs. I've found that IT is different from research and academia. Where I work, at an insurance company, I started referring to what I do as shoveling data. Because my entire job can be summed in one flow chart. Begin, open file, read file, process data, end of file? no. read file. end of file? yes. close file. end of program.
It's mindless. The problem with programming today is that yes, it has become a commodity. Something that people expect you to be able to sit for 8 hours a day and do continuously, without thinking or having any input of your own whether WHAT your doing is really worth it.
There is no creativity in the corporate world, I think thats why so many people choose to work on open source software.