I agree the effort could be improved, but you can't call it poor.
Let's agree that "poor" or otherwise, is subjective.
Now, let me say that I am a product of an educational system that many in the west despised when I came over. Guess what! I beat all of my classmates in their own mother tongue (English) and mathematics. In fact, I used to call it "chicken feed."
I still do some teaching now, but in all my classes, students from Asian and African education systems beat my native born Americans. This has been the case ALL the time.
One grammatical error I always hear goes as follows: "I would have went there..." Another one, "I have already ate..." I am no expert but this doesn't sound right. Or does it?
In my fiance's Journalism Class, three quarters of the students failed the English qualifying test administered in their own mother tongue! Reason: Poor English. Half the other quarter were from poor countries. I must say they changed courses later on as word spread that employment opportunities weren't that great.
Well I have a theory. I has help up in all circumstances I have observed over the few decades I have spent as a tax paying citizen.
When things are free, expected outcomes, which would generally benefit subject populations never materialize..."
I have a few examples:
1: Collapse of the Canadian cod fishery industry
2: The extreme stress experienced by the so called "socialist" medical care system wherever it can be found. Result will be failure inevitably.
3: The obvious poor quality elementary and post elementary pupils western countries produce compared to kids from the Asian subcontinent where monies paid by hard-working parents, or even students themselves.
4: Hunger in some so called underdeveloped countries where starvation is obvious in the midst of lush green vegetation.
No! Communication *can* be two or one way. It is two way in this case.
...you'll receive an automatic reply informing you that Google will not respond to or even read your message, due to the large number of emails received at that address...
...based on a German law saying that companies must provide a means for customers to communicate with them.
Google can argue that they've met the requirements of the law by providing a means for customers to communicate. No where in the law does it require Google to respond.
Since Germany is a democracy, they should change the law to achieve what the state really wants from entities like Google.
Google launched "App Runtime for Chrome (Beta)" which allows Android apps to run on Chrome OS without the need for porting. At the moment, only Duolingo, Evernote, Sight Words, and Vine are available on the platform with the rest of the Play Store's offerings to come later.
I wonder why all apps aren't available at once. I understand this App Runtime for Chrome akin to the Java RunTime, which when installed, would have all Java applications available. What am I [mis]understanding?
Look, I am not saying that MS Access is all that great. All I am saying is that it does its job well; if an appropriate job is thrown at it. I will give you an example: My current project is to develop something that simply matches what vial type to use for a specific test plus costs involved depending on urgency/volume/customer type etc. There are thousands of metrics to be tested and some of them share vials. Basically, it is just a front end to read data off a union query.
Guess what: All logic was programmed on the form. From what entries to accept, what format of data e.g. SSN and zip codes, what options/buttons to enable/disable and when, error messages to throw at the user, billing and all sorts of conversions (read Celcius or Fahrenheit and figures to words). It's all beautiful in Access.
I will admit that one has to compact the DB from time to time for optimal operation, but this is something that can be automated.
People like you ignore a very important market, a market that you could later introduce what you think works better! Imagine such an approach.
In some of my work, I have created functions where I simply supply variable entries like customer names etc. At the end of it all, I would have a DB schema. One that I'd simply modify to meet my needs.
Whereas I appreciate the beauty of OpenSource, I am yet to find a compelling MS Access equivalent in the Linux world. Yes, I know about Kexi, MariaDB, OpenOffice Base and the like.
But let's face it: There's nothing in the Linux world that can compare to MS Access. Nothing! I am not just trolling. I have developed hundreds small scale MS Access implementations for many clients.
VB, even with its quirks, does well. I would like a front-end, in which business logic can be programmed. Logic placed right there on the form...Logic and parameters that can be passed to the DB engine. Nothing friendly exists in Lunix, or should I say, "I haven't found one yet." Am I wrong?
Meanwhile, interest charges add up on the money borrowed to finance construction. A single day of delay in Georgia could cost $2 million, according to an analysis by utility regulators.
This help explain why a good 35% of adult Americans' debt is in collections.
But then, we go ahead and brag about how good a standard of living we enjoy as compared to those other world citizens, conveniently refusing to mention that most of that standard of living is financed by borrowed cash!
While the precise rules vary from state to state, one explanation is the same: opposition from utilities grown nervous by the rapid encroachment of solar firms on their business.
What troubles me is the fact that even while all this is going on, the US government preaches to the world about capitalism and free enterprise. What hypocrisy!
One definition of free enterprise that the US government conveniently chooses to ignore:
Business governed by the laws of supply and demand, not restrained by government interference, regulation or subsidy, also called free market.
I will have to agree with you, 100%. To make matters even worse, when one compares [recent] Asian/African immigrant kids who enroll in the school system, kids who usually experience high-tech for the very first time in school; these kids perform way better than any of our own "technology exposed" pupils!
They learn to handle this tech pretty fast too. This has left me with one conclusion: The old fashioned blackboard and a degree of discipline plus drive are what our kids need. Not fancy gadgets whose purchase makes corporations financially richer while giving those who donate free advertising.
That system may be a pain to deal with, but in its defense, it provided predictability and security.
Well, I agree about that predictability in the fact that in New York, black patrons would hardly be able to [successfully] hail a taxi after 8 PM. I am sure our black friends are happy about the change in the taxi business that's well underway.
I am not saying there's no advantage to space exploration, but I simply wonder why we continue to do these things yet we have a very big [budget] deficit. Why?
Apart from knowledge of how space works, what has the ordinary American gained from the billions spent on the space program? Can anyone point me to any tangible or intangible goods resulting from space exploration?
My own PNRs include not just every mailing address, e-mail, and phone number I've ever used; some of them also contain: The IP address that I used to buy the ticket, my credit card number (in full), the language I used, and notes on my phone calls to airlines, even for something as minor as a seat change.
Someone tell me there's a difference on this issue...Just this issue please.
Let's not forget that activities like these are happening in the West. If on the other hand, they were happening elsewhere, you'd hear hypocritical governments including Australia's, "standing up" for this very "basic right."
I am waiting for The USA's official response...Oh wait...they've done exactly that in the past.
If the USA is the bastion of freedom, capitalism and independence, why are cab licenses limited by city bureaucrats? Why not let everyone who qualifies swim in the taxicab business leaving those who cannot stand the waters perish? I just don't get it!
The Obama administration and that of George W. Bush both resisted such entreaties, in part because many U.S. intelligence officials believe that there are too many areas where German and U.S. security interests diverge."
How about getting rid of that United States base in Germany? A move like this would be in the right direction.
Did I mention that Slashdot should at least try getting world leaders' name spellings correct? Anyone also sees this unfortunate Merkl spelling in the introductory piece>?
One User-agent switcher worked on one site! Thanks a lot but on another one, the message I get is this:
To access this site your Internet Explorer parser must be MSXML 3.0 or greater. Please use Internet Explorer version 6.0 (and higher) or download the correct parser version in order to properly view the web pages located within. Current parser is not MSXML 3.0 or greater.
Thanks!
20 years old? That doesn't solve my problem...
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Look, that OS might be that old but this doesn't solve my problem. I need something to help me "fool" systems that throw messages like this: -
You must be using Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or better in order to use Iatric Pay View.
To make matters worse, my computing platform of choice is now Google's Chromebook. I am sure there's a geeky slashdotter who can help, right?
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I agree the effort could be improved, but you can't call it poor.
Let's agree that "poor" or otherwise, is subjective.
Now, let me say that I am a product of an educational system that many in the west despised when I came over. Guess what! I beat all of my classmates in their own mother tongue (English) and mathematics. In fact, I used to call it "chicken feed."
I still do some teaching now, but in all my classes, students from Asian and African education systems beat my native born Americans. This has been the case ALL the time.
One grammatical error I always hear goes as follows: "I would have went there..." Another one, "I have already ate..." I am no expert but this doesn't sound right. Or does it?
In my fiance's Journalism Class, three quarters of the students failed the English qualifying test administered in their own mother tongue! Reason: Poor English. Half the other quarter were from poor countries. I must say they changed courses later on as word spread that employment opportunities weren't that great.
Well I have a theory. I has help up in all circumstances I have observed over the few decades I have spent as a tax paying citizen.
When things are free, expected outcomes, which would generally benefit subject populations never materialize..."
I have a few examples:
1: Collapse of the Canadian cod fishery industry
2: The extreme stress experienced by the so called "socialist" medical care system wherever it can be found. Result will be failure inevitably.
3: The obvious poor quality elementary and post elementary pupils western countries produce compared to kids from the Asian subcontinent where monies paid by hard-working parents, or even students themselves.
4: Hunger in some so called underdeveloped countries where starvation is obvious in the midst of lush green vegetation.
Then we blame the so called "third world" when they "learn" this kind of behavior from us. Remember, we always have the "moral high ground."
Communication is two way. Monologue is one way.
No! Communication *can* be two or one way. It is two way in this case.
...you'll receive an automatic reply informing you that Google will not respond to or even read your message, due to the large number of emails received at that address...
Right?
...based on a German law saying that companies must provide a means for customers to communicate with them.
Google can argue that they've met the requirements of the law by providing a means for customers to communicate. No where in the law does it require Google to respond.
Since Germany is a democracy, they should change the law to achieve what the state really wants from entities like Google.
Google launched "App Runtime for Chrome (Beta)" which allows Android apps to run on Chrome OS without the need for porting. At the moment, only Duolingo, Evernote, Sight Words, and Vine are available on the platform with the rest of the Play Store's offerings to come later.
I wonder why all apps aren't available at once. I understand this App Runtime for Chrome akin to the Java RunTime, which when installed, would have all Java applications available. What am I [mis]understanding?
China insists that its space program is for peaceful purposes...
...with military characteristics...[or at least relevance].
Well, strictly speaking, I am talking about is its integrated programmable GUI script-able via Visual Basic.
Look, I am not saying that MS Access is all that great. All I am saying is that it does its job well; if an appropriate job is thrown at it. I will give you an example: My current project is to develop something that simply matches what vial type to use for a specific test plus costs involved depending on urgency/volume/customer type etc. There are thousands of metrics to be tested and some of them share vials. Basically, it is just a front end to read data off a union query.
Guess what: All logic was programmed on the form. From what entries to accept, what format of data e.g. SSN and zip codes, what options/buttons to enable/disable and when, error messages to throw at the user, billing and all sorts of conversions (read Celcius or Fahrenheit and figures to words). It's all beautiful in Access.
I will admit that one has to compact the DB from time to time for optimal operation, but this is something that can be automated.
People like you ignore a very important market, a market that you could later introduce what you think works better! Imagine such an approach.
In some of my work, I have created functions where I simply supply variable entries like customer names etc. At the end of it all, I would have a DB schema. One that I'd simply modify to meet my needs.
Open Source doesn't have anything close! Sad!!
Whereas I appreciate the beauty of OpenSource, I am yet to find a compelling MS Access equivalent in the Linux world. Yes, I know about Kexi, MariaDB, OpenOffice Base and the like.
But let's face it: There's nothing in the Linux world that can compare to MS Access. Nothing! I am not just trolling. I have developed hundreds small scale MS Access implementations for many clients.
VB, even with its quirks, does well. I would like a front-end, in which business logic can be programmed. Logic placed right there on the form...Logic and parameters that can be passed to the DB engine. Nothing friendly exists in Lunix, or should I say, "I haven't found one yet." Am I wrong?
What's the big deal?
Hundreds of millions of potential customers will have this technology on Apple's [single] platform. Keyword: "Single."
Now don't talk of Android because we know it's all fragmented.
Blackberry? Well, this is of no consequence.
Microsoft? It still doesn't matter.
Who else? Got your answer: Anyone cares about this? I doubt.
Mobile payment exists since the late 1990s.
Yes, but Apple's gonna finally do it "right."
I am not surprised at all. Windows XP support ended long ago but still extensively used in the US government?
But guess what; we still take ourselves as the epitome of what/how technology should look like.
Meanwhile, interest charges add up on the money borrowed to finance construction. A single day of delay in Georgia could cost $2 million, according to an analysis by utility regulators.
This help explain why a good 35% of adult Americans' debt is in collections.
But then, we go ahead and brag about how good a standard of living we enjoy as compared to those other world citizens, conveniently refusing to mention that most of that standard of living is financed by borrowed cash!
While the precise rules vary from state to state, one explanation is the same: opposition from utilities grown nervous by the rapid encroachment of solar firms on their business.
What troubles me is the fact that even while all this is going on, the US government preaches to the world about capitalism and free enterprise. What hypocrisy!
One definition of free enterprise that the US government conveniently chooses to ignore:
Business governed by the laws of supply and demand, not restrained by government interference, regulation or subsidy, also called free market.
I will have to agree with you, 100%. To make matters even worse, when one compares [recent] Asian/African immigrant kids who enroll in the school system, kids who usually experience high-tech for the very first time in school; these kids perform way better than any of our own "technology exposed" pupils!
They learn to handle this tech pretty fast too. This has left me with one conclusion: The old fashioned blackboard and a degree of discipline plus drive are what our kids need. Not fancy gadgets whose purchase makes corporations financially richer while giving those who donate free advertising.
May some more informed Slashdoter advise me on why exactly, Google's selling of a bunch of shipping containers is news worth Slashdot's attention?
I will be most grateful.
That system may be a pain to deal with, but in its defense, it provided predictability and security.
Well, I agree about that predictability in the fact that in New York, black patrons would hardly be able to [successfully] hail a taxi after 8 PM. I am sure our black friends are happy about the change in the taxi business that's well underway.
I am not saying there's no advantage to space exploration, but I simply wonder why we continue to do these things yet we have a very big [budget] deficit. Why?
Apart from knowledge of how space works, what has the ordinary American gained from the billions spent on the space program? Can anyone point me to any tangible or intangible goods resulting from space exploration?
My own PNRs include not just every mailing address, e-mail, and phone number I've ever used; some of them also contain: The IP address that I used to buy the ticket, my credit card number (in full), the language I used, and notes on my phone calls to airlines, even for something as minor as a seat change.
Someone tell me there's a difference on this issue...Just this issue please.
Let's not forget that activities like these are happening in the West. If on the other hand, they were happening elsewhere, you'd hear hypocritical governments including Australia's, "standing up" for this very "basic right."
I am waiting for The USA's official response...Oh wait...they've done exactly that in the past.
...Anyone agree? Have a look...
Here...
If the USA is the bastion of freedom, capitalism and independence, why are cab licenses limited by city bureaucrats? Why not let everyone who qualifies swim in the taxicab business leaving those who cannot stand the waters perish? I just don't get it!
The Obama administration and that of George W. Bush both resisted such entreaties, in part because many U.S. intelligence officials believe that there are too many areas where German and U.S. security interests diverge."
How about getting rid of that United States base in Germany? A move like this would be in the right direction.
Did I mention that Slashdot should at least try getting world leaders' name spellings correct? Anyone also sees this unfortunate Merkl spelling in the introductory piece>?
One User-agent switcher worked on one site! Thanks a lot but on another one, the message I get is this:
To access this site your Internet Explorer parser must be MSXML 3.0 or greater. Please use Internet Explorer version 6.0 (and higher) or download the correct parser version in order to properly view the web pages located within. Current parser is not MSXML 3.0 or greater.
Thanks!
Look, that OS might be that old but this doesn't solve my problem. I need something to help me "fool" systems that throw messages like this: -
You must be using Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or better in order to use Iatric Pay View.
To make matters worse, my computing platform of choice is now Google's Chromebook. I am sure there's a geeky slashdotter who can help, right?