2) Do you really think that by paying double bad programmers will be repeled and won't try to apply for your job offer?
How about this: You only need a good programmer, but advertise two jobs, "Developer" and "Senior developer". The jobs have the same description, but different salary. Then generalize from the applicants: Those who applied to both are probably applying for tons of jobs, since they didn't realize the jobs were identical, or are willing to work for less since they deep down realize that they are not wizards.
Having installed several WinXP & GNU/Linux dual-boots, here are the problems I've spotted so far, and some fixes:
Windows will only install on the first partition of the master disk on IDE-0. If you've already installed Linux there, you'll have to either move the partitions or chuck in another HD as master.
Windows will destroy your MBR. Can anyone post the command to fix this from a live CD?
The first desktop I bought was an Acer Aspire in '99, and it was a crash-ridden POS from almost the word go. Strangely, the keyboard and speakers were good enough to hold on to years after getting rid of the cabinet and screen.
When you open it again, it is formatted perfectly and you keep editing until the cycle repeats. Not sure why this wouldn't be possible.
Because it would make the document a whole lot less flexible. This is the reason good web developers avoid "pixel" designs: They may look good on your 1280x1024, 32 BPP screen, and even on your letter paper with some work, but what if your collaborators or readers are using 800x600 at 16BPP, printing on A4? Instead of creating separate designs, you can use a flow design which will work quite well on all output devices.
Another reason is easier parsing by both people and machines, making for easier development of document generation and search software.
Considering how much of a problem social engineering is, and how often (presumably) companies hire & fire irresponsible / dishonest persons, I'd say the chance of a leak or inside job is prohibitively high when many persons are aware of the algorithm.
Having used FreeBSD for a couple months, I'd say the biggest beef I've had is their bug handling (especially reporting) system. It's fantastically slow to submit (several minutes even when no files are attached), submissions are not acknowledged, it can take up to 15 minutes for submissions to show up in the system (making for ~30 minutes in total to verify submission of a single bug), it's hard to search properly (search "Text in single-line fields", WTF?), the default search lists all bugs on one page, searching for "State: Any" doesn't show closed bugs, it shows HTML escape codes for special characters (e.g., "ł"), and their wiki page on improving the bug tracking system is immutable. And yes, most of this has already been reported, but not fixed.
In open source, having an easy to use bug tracking system is IMO paramount.
Sadly, the question is: "Will it make us more popular with the voters?", i.e., over-protective parents (the ones with the more lax attitude won't care anyway). TOTC (Think of the children) - Maybe a new tag?.
This also happens on KDE, even with window focus stealing prevention set to "normal". Firefox does it, Gaim does it, and pretty much any other program I've used so far. Get the $#!* off my text field, you #$%*!
if the key-guard was disengaged while the phone was closed, it wouldn't turn on again until you opened and re-closed the phone.
My two year old Samsung D600 still has this "feature", which also happens if I cancel an alarm without opening the lid. In addition:
It makes a sound / vibrates when entering silent mode, and none when exiting it. WTF?
The numeric input mode (when writing messages) doesn't have the dot. Instead, the asterisk does absolutely nothing.
The easily accessible contact list (one click after opening) doesn't allow adding a new entry.
Typing a number and then saving it to a name which already exists creates a new contact with that number. To change / add numbers to existing contacts, you have to open that contact first, and go to edit mode.
When trying to delete all messages, there's an extra page where I have to tick whether I want to erase those on the mobile phone and/or those on the SIM card. Of course, I reserve brain capacity to store such crucial information.
If I send a message, and close the lid when it confirms that a message has been sent, it interprets that as if the message has not been sent, and stores it as a draft.
When clicking "Send" for a message, the default option in the next screen is to send the message without specifying any recipients.
It doesn't understand that all names and characters at the beginning of a sentence should be capitalized by default.
The only way anyone will ever truly be able to do "what they love" is by first being a "money whore" (or being born rich).
Sad and untrue. Many of my friends and myself are doing what we love (IT / physics research), and I've met very few people who started out with a lot of money here. Maybe you just need to be more selective with where you choose to work?
Too many device drivers to worry about to get the kind of stability you see in OS X, and that means installation and device use will never be as smooth as Apple. However, it is a worthy goal - so long as you understand that you'll never quite achieve it with an open device ecosystem.
This relies on the assumption that one device = one driver. How about Michel Xhaard's driver for 235 webcams? Common, even open, protocols seem to be getting more popular every day.
It and the detectors consume as much energy as you get out from a medium-sized nuclear reactor -- and that's why it sits partially in France and not fully in Switzerland. (France produces a whole lot more power than Switzerland.)
No, AFAIK the main reasons for placing CERN where it is were political (the location was decided in 1955, and the site extended into France in 1965, according to "Infinitely CERN"). Having the possibility to draw on electricity from two different countries (as they did during an outage in 2005) was incidental.
Circumference = 27 kilometers (~17.5 miles), cost = 8 billion USD (presumably, and only for the construction), energy consumption = ~120 MW, particle energy = 14 TeV.
Easy switching between input languages when writing SMSes. Some people are multilingual. Also, if I can change the interface language to X, it should also be available for SMS typing.
Configurable defaults. I very much disagree that sorting by last name is optimal.
Get rid of all the cruft. Games & camera at least. Leave the browser and calendar, but make sure they can be hidden.
Use a single USB cable to charge & connect the device. I really don't want another (otherwise) useless piece of hardware taking up another plug.
Use existing standards. iCal and iCard are perfect for synchronizing devices.
Cut down the boot time by suspending to memory. I don't want to wait 30 seconds for my phone to be usable.
Never, ever show me a number if there is a corresponding name.
I've got a French phone. Thus, I should not have to type the French country code if I'm in another country. Auto-negotiate or save the country code in the phone.
What if you never do sell them for real-world dollars? What if, for example, you simply take your Lindon Dollars to the (hypothetical) iTMS SL store and exchange them directly into music downloads? Of course the IRS theoretically taxes direct exchange based on the "market value" of the goods (which is 100% arbitrary), but can you imagine the overhead of trying to track all those online transfers?
Couple that with the RIAA's idea of the value of a song, and the IRS will sue you for DOS-ing their tax servers!
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How about this: You only need a good programmer, but advertise two jobs, "Developer" and "Senior developer". The jobs have the same description, but different salary. Then generalize from the applicants: Those who applied to both are probably applying for tons of jobs, since they didn't realize the jobs were identical, or are willing to work for less since they deep down realize that they are not wizards.
The first desktop I bought was an Acer Aspire in '99, and it was a crash-ridden POS from almost the word go. Strangely, the keyboard and speakers were good enough to hold on to years after getting rid of the cabinet and screen.
Please. "It is not about safety of the Outlook. It is about safety of ISPs that allows users to insert code in their email."
Because it would make the document a whole lot less flexible. This is the reason good web developers avoid "pixel" designs: They may look good on your 1280x1024, 32 BPP screen, and even on your letter paper with some work, but what if your collaborators or readers are using 800x600 at 16BPP, printing on A4? Instead of creating separate designs, you can use a flow design which will work quite well on all output devices.
Another reason is easier parsing by both people and machines, making for easier development of document generation and search software.
Considering how much of a problem social engineering is, and how often (presumably) companies hire & fire irresponsible / dishonest persons, I'd say the chance of a leak or inside job is prohibitively high when many persons are aware of the algorithm.
Well, you know what they say
But what if you change your mind? Instant paradox, and your version of the Universe disappears in a puff of smoke!
Having used FreeBSD for a couple months, I'd say the biggest beef I've had is their bug handling (especially reporting) system. It's fantastically slow to submit (several minutes even when no files are attached), submissions are not acknowledged, it can take up to 15 minutes for submissions to show up in the system (making for ~30 minutes in total to verify submission of a single bug), it's hard to search properly (search "Text in single-line fields", WTF?), the default search lists all bugs on one page, searching for "State: Any" doesn't show closed bugs, it shows HTML escape codes for special characters (e.g., "ł"), and their wiki page on improving the bug tracking system is immutable. And yes, most of this has already been reported, but not fixed.
In open source, having an easy to use bug tracking system is IMO paramount.
Here are two comparisons and a (shameless plug) novice user's perspective.
Sadly, the question is: "Will it make us more popular with the voters?", i.e., over-protective parents (the ones with the more lax attitude won't care anyway). TOTC (Think of the children) - Maybe a new tag?.
There - Fixed it for you.
This also happens on KDE, even with window focus stealing prevention set to "normal". Firefox does it, Gaim does it, and pretty much any other program I've used so far. Get the $#!* off my text field, you #$%*!
My two year old Samsung D600 still has this "feature", which also happens if I cancel an alarm without opening the lid. In addition:
Worst device I've ever wasted money on. /rant
Sad and untrue. Many of my friends and myself are doing what we love (IT / physics research), and I've met very few people who started out with a lot of money here. Maybe you just need to be more selective with where you choose to work?
This relies on the assumption that one device = one driver. How about Michel Xhaard's driver for 235 webcams? Common, even open, protocols seem to be getting more popular every day.
No, AFAIK the main reasons for placing CERN where it is were political (the location was decided in 1955, and the site extended into France in 1965, according to "Infinitely CERN"). Having the possibility to draw on electricity from two different countries (as they did during an outage in 2005) was incidental.
It's pretty compact compared to the size: 12,500 tons in a cylinder 21.6 meters long and 15 meters in diameter.
<shameless_plug>Oh, and they do have retina scanners and other outlandish technology!</shameless_plug>
Circumference = 27 kilometers (~17.5 miles), cost = 8 billion USD (presumably, and only for the construction), energy consumption = ~120 MW, particle energy = 14 TeV.
More interesting statistics are available on the LHC outreach site.
What a half-assed attempt at a submission. Even the title is a mix between the SSC and the LHC.
Wish I had mod points - Been using Foxit Reader for a couple years now, and it beats Adobe Reader hands down. Only free as in beer, tho.
My POS Samsung D600 does none of these. Bastards.
No
As soon as the marketing drones get a whiff of this, it's gonna be "Diamond 2.0".
Botnets who like guns
Botnet mud wrestling
Botnet suicides
Botnet - Revolutions
How I learned to stop worrying and love the botnet
Couple that with the RIAA's idea of the value of a song, and the IRS will sue you for DOS-ing their tax servers!