I graduated from highschool and earned my GPA without cheating, and was admitted immediately to Engineering College along with 24 of my highschool dudes, of which only 3 remained in Engineering after only 2 semesters, mostly because they weren't up for the challenge (and because most of them cheated their way out of highschool).
Engineering was tough; 4 homeworks due 3 days along with quizzes & midterms, and to spice things up, an optional project here 'n there. Things were stressing like hell, but it was all fun. Each prof. treated us as if we had no subject bus his, dumping LOADS of work on us. Pleading doesn't help.
The books were great. Not good, but great. You want pictures, diagrams & colored fonts? Go to Arts school, as you're not fit for Engineering. Those books were so dense with information that almost every line has a great piece of info. I see a lot of people trying so hard in Engineering, and their GPA only goes lower & lower by the semester. Wasting their time on a major that won't get them employed (because of their low GPA), is something beyond my understanding!
The grades may not have been fare always, but most were what I deserved. Some professors were generous enough to provide us with extra work to help us earn more grades (but didn't allow those of us who earned over 100% to give away to the less fortunate:p)
I didn't like the subjects from other departments much, but they were useful to some extent.
Being at college most of the day (0800-2300) is stressing, but fun when you do something challenging & like. Solving problems and more importantly coming up with project ideas and working on making them a reality, is the most exciting thing ever; And the satisfaction of seeing your project working and displaying it in an exhibition brings great relief & satisfaction.
By the way, I studied in Kuwait University - College of Petroleum & Engineering, yet all the professors were from the top students who got scholarships to study in the US & UK in prestigious universities.
An Egyptian colleague today informaed me that home-users in Egypt have lost their connections and businesses are the only ones with connectivity, but at low speeds.
Regarding the satellite link, I meant that ISPs would have a backup satellite link, and companies would have signed in the contract to pay more for that sort of backup in case something went wrong. So, the company get fed from the satellite link from the ISP.
I live in Kuwait, so being part of those affected, ISPs here did the logical thing to do: Give priority to VIPs, then normal businesses, then let home-users scrape off the pool of bandwidth. On the first day, I was downloading some documents (PDF) at a constant rate of 1.7kB, suggesting that the ISP had capped the bandwidth. The next day, things got better as they have switched to redundant links.
I'm glad I wasn't denied Internet access as a home-user, but rather temporarily crippled (downstream & upstream). I was to barely do some searches on Google, but accessing my GMail was not an option.
So, even though I was downloading multimedia files, no one was affected, because I was capped anyway, which is NOT the case in Egypt (hence, the minister's request.)
Why should those citizens who can often barely afford subscribing to the Internet, or have no means of reaching a better connection, compromise for businesses that can afford backup links? (Satellite anyone?)
Reminds of how kings in the old lived: by having the poor suffer.
And how much time did it take Microsoft to release patches for those vulnerabilities for its paying customers, as opposed to the *other* OSes??? Hmmmmmmmm??
Just because Microsoft is planning to do it, it doesn't mean it will stick to its own plan! Need I remind of all the glorious features consumers were promised in Vista, that were eventually scraped out?!?!
And using Feb 15th as a date to launch the project, right before the voting dates (Feb 25-29), seem to be yet another hype by MS...
If MS intended to make it open, it could've done so long time ago...
So, Microsoft is trying to tell us that their new OS, which demands 64-bit high-end harware and vast amounts of CPU & RAM, is going to get us the same performance as current Pentium3 & Xeon servers running Linux? (With a big question mark on MS's security, of course)
I'd rather dedicate my CPU & RAM to my web users & to the benefit of my web-applications & transactions, rather than help the crummy OS struggle on keeping up...
The blog has been taken off public view, and only for those who have MS TechNET access. Before that, there were comments on lies & un explained abbreviations the dude used.../. word verification: bondage !!!
They could've gotten much more performance, if they had gotten their hands on PS3s.
According to the statistics collected by Folding@Home (http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=osstats), one PS3 CPU generates 25.391 GFLOPS, while one AMD processor generates 3.891 GFLOPS.
What about those who wish to use their computer without a network? MS is just assuming that everyone with Vista will always be connected whenever the OS needs activation? Didn't that already happen with XP & bit MS in the butt?
What about GMail's offer to businesses? Isn't that "TheMass Market" you speak of?
If you haven't noticed, Google still has "beta" over GMail, yet it's more usable than Hotmail and easier to navigate around. MS releases its products to the masses for beta testing, while it flag them "production quality"
From personal experience, Google delivers to businesses (and masses) what it promises, and it does it well.
I live in Kuwait, and here, all IT companies state in their contracts that the company is the owner of all "inventions" the employee makes during the time of employment, and the employee is forbidden from working for other companies, after the working hours of the company.
As for the after-employment period, this is typical in the banking sector here, as banks state in their contracts that an employee must not work for a rival bank, after leaving the bank, for a period of 1-3 years, depending on the position of that person.
Back to the article: But the fact that YOUR company wants ownership of YOUR inventions AFTER you quit for a period of 6 MONTHS is absurd and it is not within their right to do so, and if it is, you have all the right to say no.
Hint: They should define the period in days, not months, and mention whether they're working days, or week days. At least, if you decide to sign now, you'd know EXACTLY when to "invent" stuff.
This guy doesn't seem to know what he's talking about at all!
"we are told it's going to be great! Why is it going to be great? Because Google said so." Everytime I use a Google product, it turns out to be a great tool, because Google put effort in it, not because they advertised it as great.
"People buy phones because they are phones and not because they are half-baked Game Boys, GPS navigators, or Web browsers." Says you! And you clearly still live under a rock!! Everyone I know uses the web-browser on their phones. Others use 3rd party applications for chat (MSN or Skype). Ones bought newer models because they have GPS built-in, which make traveling easier. Smartphones are the booming business, not because "people" are asking for them, but because "newer generations" demand them. And if you're going to stick to the "just phone" idea, you're limiting yourself to customer-base that's literally dying!
If you don't really understand technology NOR people, why are you even writing???
"We are seeing strong market demand for Windows on low-cost devices to help governments in the areas of education, local innovation, and jobs and opportunity," the Microsoft spokesperson said in the statement.
- Which market, the US? - Low-cost devices demand a low-cost OS, not one that costs the same as the hardware (or more) - Education & local innovation by Windows? Most applications are shareware and innovation is killed by OS license & closed source - Jobs & opportunity, by demanding technicians for the buggy OS, and demanding that each takes a lame MCSE license to get a job?
Their own statement stands against them... one just have to look at it from a non-MS angle.
In current password fields, we at least get asterisks to hide the text we're writing, but with a picture to be drawn: People can see the pictrue, the background & the way you're drawing that picture!
You call this security enhancement?!?
The "new" method only works if you only login from your house, away from prying eyes, and never ever use it outside. Add to that, it makes social engineering hacking attempts much easier.
Their idea sounds like a rip-off from Kanji, the Chinese characters; Those learning the calligraphy must draw the words according to certain strokes in a certain order & way. But seriously, the basic Kanjis are around 3000! So, unless we all start using that "new" password method from kindergarten to train ourselves, it would just result in way too many locked accounts & miserable users & support teams!
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I graduated from highschool and earned my GPA without cheating, and was admitted immediately to Engineering College along with 24 of my highschool dudes, of which only 3 remained in Engineering after only 2 semesters, mostly because they weren't up for the challenge (and because most of them cheated their way out of highschool).
:p)
Engineering was tough; 4 homeworks due 3 days along with quizzes & midterms, and to spice things up, an optional project here 'n there. Things were stressing like hell, but it was all fun. Each prof. treated us as if we had no subject bus his, dumping LOADS of work on us. Pleading doesn't help.
The books were great. Not good, but great. You want pictures, diagrams & colored fonts? Go to Arts school, as you're not fit for Engineering. Those books were so dense with information that almost every line has a great piece of info.
I see a lot of people trying so hard in Engineering, and their GPA only goes lower & lower by the semester. Wasting their time on a major that won't get them employed (because of their low GPA), is something beyond my understanding!
The grades may not have been fare always, but most were what I deserved. Some professors were generous enough to provide us with extra work to help us earn more grades (but didn't allow those of us who earned over 100% to give away to the less fortunate
I didn't like the subjects from other departments much, but they were useful to some extent.
Being at college most of the day (0800-2300) is stressing, but fun when you do something challenging & like. Solving problems and more importantly coming up with project ideas and working on making them a reality, is the most exciting thing ever; And the satisfaction of seeing your project working and displaying it in an exhibition brings great relief & satisfaction.
By the way, I studied in Kuwait University - College of Petroleum & Engineering, yet all the professors were from the top students who got scholarships to study in the US & UK in prestigious universities.
How is it different from the users using "site:domain.com" ? Instead of having it under advanced options, now they have it as a link/icon...
An Egyptian colleague today informaed me that home-users in Egypt have lost their connections and businesses are the only ones with connectivity, but at low speeds.
Regarding the satellite link, I meant that ISPs would have a backup satellite link, and companies would have signed in the contract to pay more for that sort of backup in case something went wrong.
So, the company get fed from the satellite link from the ISP.
I never said "stop", I said "comprommise."
I live in Kuwait, so being part of those affected, ISPs here did the logical thing to do: Give priority to VIPs, then normal businesses, then let home-users scrape off the pool of bandwidth.
On the first day, I was downloading some documents (PDF) at a constant rate of 1.7kB, suggesting that the ISP had capped the bandwidth. The next day, things got better as they have switched to redundant links.
I'm glad I wasn't denied Internet access as a home-user, but rather temporarily crippled (downstream & upstream). I was to barely do some searches on Google, but accessing my GMail was not an option.
So, even though I was downloading multimedia files, no one was affected, because I was capped anyway, which is NOT the case in Egypt (hence, the minister's request.)
Why should those citizens who can often barely afford subscribing to the Internet, or have no means of reaching a better connection, compromise for businesses that can afford backup links? (Satellite anyone?)
Reminds of how kings in the old lived: by having the poor suffer.
Shameless plug: http://mbhtech.blogspot.com/2008/01/macbook-air-vs-lenovo-x300.html
Even though Lenovo's laptop isn't out yet, anyone for a portable laptop would surely wait after seeing the difference in features.
If you're after an "ultra"-portable, I guess your choice would be Asus's eeePC.
Fujitsu
And how much time did it take Microsoft to release patches for those vulnerabilities for its paying customers, as opposed to the *other* OSes??? Hmmmmmmmm??
It's called: Windows Installer XML, not executables. It builds installation packages from XML files.
Tutorials & info are maintained here: http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/
Sourceforge link: http://wix.sourceforge.net/
Just thought of correcting the name. By the way, thanks for the info, WK2.
Just because Microsoft is planning to do it, it doesn't mean it will stick to its own plan! Need I remind of all the glorious features consumers were promised in Vista, that were eventually scraped out?!?!
And using Feb 15th as a date to launch the project, right before the voting dates (Feb 25-29), seem to be yet another hype by MS...
If MS intended to make it open, it could've done so long time ago...
So, Microsoft is trying to tell us that their new OS, which demands 64-bit high-end harware and vast amounts of CPU & RAM, is going to get us the same performance as current Pentium3 & Xeon servers running Linux? (With a big question mark on MS's security, of course)
I'd rather dedicate my CPU & RAM to my web users & to the benefit of my web-applications & transactions, rather than help the crummy OS struggle on keeping up...
The blog has been taken off public view, and only for those who have MS TechNET access. Before that, there were comments on lies & un explained abbreviations the dude used... /. word verification: bondage !!!
They could've gotten much more performance, if they had gotten their hands on PS3s.
According to the statistics collected by Folding@Home (http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=osstats), one PS3 CPU generates 25.391 GFLOPS, while one AMD processor generates 3.891 GFLOPS.
What about those who wish to use their computer without a network? MS is just assuming that everyone with Vista will always be connected whenever the OS needs activation? Didn't that already happen with XP & bit MS in the butt?
I have configured my new box similarly (Posted a tiny HOWTO here: http://forums.slamd64.com/viewtopic.php?t=1060&highlight=nixer )
... I wonder how I'll get the max of 384 MB/s (3 Gbps)
Using hdparm, one disk gives 70 MB/s, the RAID5 array gives 140 MB/s (3 disks)
What about GMail's offer to businesses? Isn't that "TheMass Market" you speak of?
If you haven't noticed, Google still has "beta" over GMail, yet it's more usable than Hotmail and easier to navigate around. MS releases its products to the masses for beta testing, while it flag them "production quality"
From personal experience, Google delivers to businesses (and masses) what it promises, and it does it well.
So the "expert" is making a fuss over an issue which is possible in ALL existing processors, and making a hype over a theory?
It's like saying: "If a terrorist organization was able to construct portals, they'd be able to attack and vanish!"
I live in Kuwait, and here, all IT companies state in their contracts that the company is the owner of all "inventions" the employee makes during the time of employment, and the employee is forbidden from working for other companies, after the working hours of the company.
As for the after-employment period, this is typical in the banking sector here, as banks state in their contracts that an employee must not work for a rival bank, after leaving the bank, for a period of 1-3 years, depending on the position of that person.
Back to the article: But the fact that YOUR company wants ownership of YOUR inventions AFTER you quit for a period of 6 MONTHS is absurd and it is not within their right to do so, and if it is, you have all the right to say no.
Hint: They should define the period in days, not months, and mention whether they're working days, or week days. At least, if you decide to sign now, you'd know EXACTLY when to "invent" stuff.
This guy doesn't seem to know what he's talking about at all!
"we are told it's going to be great! Why is it going to be great? Because Google said so."
Everytime I use a Google product, it turns out to be a great tool, because Google put effort in it, not because they advertised it as great.
"People buy phones because they are phones and not because they are half-baked Game Boys, GPS navigators, or Web browsers."
Says you! And you clearly still live under a rock!!
Everyone I know uses the web-browser on their phones. Others use 3rd party applications for chat (MSN or Skype). Ones bought newer models because they have GPS built-in, which make traveling easier.
Smartphones are the booming business, not because "people" are asking for them, but because "newer generations" demand them. And if you're going to stick to the "just phone" idea, you're limiting yourself to customer-base that's literally dying!
If you don't really understand technology NOR people, why are you even writing???
"We are seeing strong market demand for Windows on low-cost devices to help governments in the areas of education, local innovation, and jobs and opportunity," the Microsoft spokesperson said in the statement.
- Which market, the US?
- Low-cost devices demand a low-cost OS, not one that costs the same as the hardware (or more)
- Education & local innovation by Windows? Most applications are shareware and innovation is killed by OS license & closed source
- Jobs & opportunity, by demanding technicians for the buggy OS, and demanding that each takes a lame MCSE license to get a job?
Their own statement stands against them... one just have to look at it from a non-MS angle.
In current password fields, we at least get asterisks to hide the text we're writing, but with a picture to be drawn: People can see the pictrue, the background & the way you're drawing that picture!
You call this security enhancement?!?
The "new" method only works if you only login from your house, away from prying eyes, and never ever use it outside. Add to that, it makes social engineering hacking attempts much easier.
Stupid idea.
Their idea sounds like a rip-off from Kanji, the Chinese characters; Those learning the calligraphy must draw the words according to certain strokes in a certain order & way.
But seriously, the basic Kanjis are around 3000! So, unless we all start using that "new" password method from kindergarten to train ourselves, it would just result in way too many locked accounts & miserable users & support teams!
GPS Receivers (USB and/or Bluetooth)
Support device/motherboard sensors!
And thank you for the nice gesture of asking the community.