Most of the books I buy are used or heavily discounted. The lack of a used/overstock market makes digital books much more expensive for me. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like used ebooks are coming anytime soon.
I know, only a hopeless loser would want one. The specs are underwhelming, the thing is totally impractical, and it's impossible to find the purchase information on their site.
The Garage Days cover album was a great post-Cliff Burton release too. It was even titled "the $5.98 EP" so record companies didn't overprice it. I think there was resent for their crusade against Napster was because early fans liked anti-corporate gestures like this. I seem to remember they were ambivalent toward people taping their concerts early on too.
A lot of movie/tv based pinball and arcade games were pretty good. The Adams Family, Twilight Zone, Simpsons were great pinball games. I spent a small fortune in quarters on the Tron, Star Wars, and Star Trek video games. For some reason console games based on movies and tv generally suck.
PS Theater Magic rocks
If we could transport the masses in something less damaging to the environment, car fanatics would be free enjoy their V8s, which on their own create negligible pollution. I doubt you'll miss the sounds of tens of thousands Ford Expedition V8s:)
It's a (admittedly) useless hobby project that combines video games and engineering. In other words, nerd entertainment... which is why it's on entertainment.slashdot.org.
I use a lightweight lock or plastic zip tie to tell if someone has been in my bags. TSA cuts them off 1 in 4 times, but at least I know to check. A few times I've had them ask me to remove it before I checked my bags in, but that seems to be the exception. If I checked in expensive items regularly I'd research insurance options. I don't trust the airlines, but the sooner you find something missing the more likely it is you'll get some compensation.
It may be too late now, but if something is missing from your bag file a claim before you leave the airport. NWA actually requires you to file the claim at the airport, per http://www.nwa.com/travel/luggage/delayed.html#property (nice option for international travelers who may not have web access to read that until they're home). For what it's worth their baggage contact information is:
Central Luggage Service c/o Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Department C-5260
7500 Airline Drive
Minneapolis, MN 55450-1101
Domestic (toll-free): 1-800-648-4897 (Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. CT)
International: (612) 725-5450
Fax: (612) 727-4639
Sorry about the laptop.
I'm confused. Since when is "scrape the sand out of your vagina" informative?
Maybe the moderator had sand in her/formerly-his vagina and thought "ah, scrape it out... why didn't I think of that!"
I'm not sure how seriously I'd take his blog, I seem to recall hearing Adams was a hardcore vegetarian and avoids driving unnecessarily. Not that it means his blog entries are satire, but they don't seem in line with his lifestyle. Either way, his personal opinions don't really affect my enjoyment of his work. My views of global warming and the energy industry aren't influenced by a comic. Of course if he gets all Michael Crichton (a la State of Fear) my enjoyment of the comic would diminish.
I've had problems with H1B workers, but I've also had problems with US workers. I know there are companies that exploit the HB1 system, but I don't believe a person's ethnicity is related to their ability to innovate or write good code. Statements that suggest there is a relationship is what I believe most people disagree with.
Don't believe these types of posts represent the attitudes of most slashdot readers. I suspect most of us have Indian friends and co-workers we respect professionally. I read posts like "they write inferior code" or "they aren't innovative", think the poster is a jerk, and move on. Unfortunately the few people who agree with the poster feel compelled to reply with "that's true, it's because of their [culture|genetic makeup|political system]". Anyone that's worked in the software industry long enough knows from personal experience it's BS.
As a development manager in the US I couldn't agree more about forcing people to leave the country to renew their visa. Not only is it a financial burden and loss of productivity for the person and/or employer, but on more than one occasion I've had talented developers decide it wasn't worth it to return.
I've never understood the argument against expanding HB1s, I believe it's a benefit to US tech workers if the best and brightest talent work here. If they stay elsewhere, organizations and positions will too. Many of them also seek permanent residency in the US, so we gain bright citizens to boot.
I work with Oracle, MySQL, and SQL Server 2005 and find the front-end tools pretty much equivalent. I develop with Toad (third party) for Oracle and MySQL and Management Studio for SQL Server. They highlight code, debug, and make ordinary database commands easier to execute, but they're far from the complete development environment you're describing. I think "front-ends that suck" is common to all database vendors. My business logic and reports live in Java/.NET and other tools like Reporting Server and Jasper. IMO, the tools available for MySQL are not any better or worse than commercial software.
I think the critical mass is nearly reached if my experience is any indication. I work for a large US health care company and nearly all of our new projects rely heavily on OSS (Linux, ActiveMQ, MySQL, Jasper, etc). Our CIO is fairly progressive and pushing for more OSS adoption (in fact we have to justify using closed source software before a project is approved). When there's a well publicized Windows virus or vulnerability he has to assure the higher ups we have a plan in place and that it won't affect our systems. He has a team preparing Linux desktops for operations groups like the call centers and claims processing. This is a much easier sell than upgrading XP to Vista.
In a heavily regulated industry obsessed with privacy and security, Linux on the desktop is a competitive advantage. Any audit or bid for a government contract requires a lengthy description of IT's security policies and procedures. When Company A manages customers' personal information on locked down Linux-based workstations and Company B uses an aging version of XP or Vista, Company A's environment is perceived as more secure, IMO.
The funny thing is, cost rarely comes up as a reason for choosing OSS. Features, more/better choices, and interoperability (on enterprise applications at least) are the reason we use OSS. The majority of our applications are web-based, and our vendors are increasingly using standard formats like EDI and XML rather than Excel spreadsheets. I see our Office "lock-in" decreasing every year. OSS has already won the war on the servers and, to my surprise, will soon make its way onto a significant number of desktops.
The summary implies this is a fair use issue for students. I'm in no way defending the US copyright system, but this case is about class note resellers. I know at the University of Florida there were several shops that resold class notes, invariably to the students that skipped the lectures and were cramming last minute for exams.
Most professors hated that their lecture transcripts were being sold for profit. I think one shop was sued unsuccessfully when I was a student. This looks like another legal maneuver to stop them. I don't see anything in the article that would prevent students from taking notes for personal use or sharing freely with other students.
I know I've already seen Madden tournaments on tv. As video games continue to become more mainstream I'm sure we'll see more televised competition. If nascar, poker, or golf can produce pop stars in the US, why not video games?
Thirty years ago people like Led Zeppelin and Bob Dylan rip off the music and lyrics of blues and folk singers before them (many of whom died poor) and become multi-millionaires. Now you get sued for just showing amateur musicians how to play those chords. Nice.
In my area (Tampa Bay FL) a restaurant owner was sued [sptimes.com] for playing songs (cover bands and on the stereo) owned by BMI without paying them an additional fee to the ASCAP fee he already pays. I guess the moral of the story is, P2P-related lawsuits were just the beginning. Media companies are going to extort every penny they can until someone stops them.
you think they should kill themself to spare you the inconvenience of being aware of their pain
No, i think pedophiles should kill themselves (half-jokingly, i hope they would seek help). But if they are faced with the choice of abusing a child as a plea for help or commit suicide, I hope they pick the later. Sorry if I sound insensitive to the circumstances which led them to pedophilia, but I have more sympathy for the children they're abusing or watching be abused in kiddie-porn. To your point, pedophiles are people that have let their pain cause others harm.
I totally agree. I also hate seeing old people holding hands, or fat people, or people with acne. And what about all of these mixed race couples walking around like they have some right to dignity and expression?
They're exactly like illegal drug users generating hazardous medical waste in public! If other peoples' behavior doesn't please me why should I feel guilty about supporting laws to repress them? Those are my "principals" dammit.
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Most of the books I buy are used or heavily discounted. The lack of a used/overstock market makes digital books much more expensive for me. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like used ebooks are coming anytime soon.
I know, only a hopeless loser would want one. The specs are underwhelming, the thing is totally impractical, and it's impossible to find the purchase information on their site.
He's about to spend a long time in a maximum security prison, he's never been so worried about fscking in his life.
The Garage Days cover album was a great post-Cliff Burton release too. It was even titled "the $5.98 EP" so record companies didn't overprice it. I think there was resent for their crusade against Napster was because early fans liked anti-corporate gestures like this. I seem to remember they were ambivalent toward people taping their concerts early on too.
A lot of movie/tv based pinball and arcade games were pretty good. The Adams Family, Twilight Zone, Simpsons were great pinball games. I spent a small fortune in quarters on the Tron, Star Wars, and Star Trek video games. For some reason console games based on movies and tv generally suck. PS Theater Magic rocks
If we could transport the masses in something less damaging to the environment, car fanatics would be free enjoy their V8s, which on their own create negligible pollution. I doubt you'll miss the sounds of tens of thousands Ford Expedition V8s :)
It's a (admittedly) useless hobby project that combines video games and engineering. In other words, nerd entertainment... which is why it's on entertainment.slashdot.org.
Everyone on earth calls Vista 'A Work In Progress'
I use a lightweight lock or plastic zip tie to tell if someone has been in my bags. TSA cuts them off 1 in 4 times, but at least I know to check. A few times I've had them ask me to remove it before I checked my bags in, but that seems to be the exception. If I checked in expensive items regularly I'd research insurance options. I don't trust the airlines, but the sooner you find something missing the more likely it is you'll get some compensation.
It may be too late now, but if something is missing from your bag file a claim before you leave the airport. NWA actually requires you to file the claim at the airport, per http://www.nwa.com/travel/luggage/delayed.html#property (nice option for international travelers who may not have web access to read that until they're home). For what it's worth their baggage contact information is: Central Luggage Service c/o Northwest Airlines, Inc. Department C-5260 7500 Airline Drive Minneapolis, MN 55450-1101 Domestic (toll-free): 1-800-648-4897 (Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. CT) International: (612) 725-5450 Fax: (612) 727-4639 Sorry about the laptop.
Maybe the moderator had sand in her/formerly-his vagina and thought "ah, scrape it out... why didn't I think of that!"
I'm not sure how seriously I'd take his blog, I seem to recall hearing Adams was a hardcore vegetarian and avoids driving unnecessarily. Not that it means his blog entries are satire, but they don't seem in line with his lifestyle. Either way, his personal opinions don't really affect my enjoyment of his work. My views of global warming and the energy industry aren't influenced by a comic. Of course if he gets all Michael Crichton (a la State of Fear) my enjoyment of the comic would diminish.
I've had problems with H1B workers, but I've also had problems with US workers. I know there are companies that exploit the HB1 system, but I don't believe a person's ethnicity is related to their ability to innovate or write good code. Statements that suggest there is a relationship is what I believe most people disagree with.
Don't believe these types of posts represent the attitudes of most slashdot readers. I suspect most of us have Indian friends and co-workers we respect professionally. I read posts like "they write inferior code" or "they aren't innovative", think the poster is a jerk, and move on. Unfortunately the few people who agree with the poster feel compelled to reply with "that's true, it's because of their [culture|genetic makeup|political system]". Anyone that's worked in the software industry long enough knows from personal experience it's BS.
As a development manager in the US I couldn't agree more about forcing people to leave the country to renew their visa. Not only is it a financial burden and loss of productivity for the person and/or employer, but on more than one occasion I've had talented developers decide it wasn't worth it to return.
I've never understood the argument against expanding HB1s, I believe it's a benefit to US tech workers if the best and brightest talent work here. If they stay elsewhere, organizations and positions will too. Many of them also seek permanent residency in the US, so we gain bright citizens to boot.
I work with Oracle, MySQL, and SQL Server 2005 and find the front-end tools pretty much equivalent. I develop with Toad (third party) for Oracle and MySQL and Management Studio for SQL Server. They highlight code, debug, and make ordinary database commands easier to execute, but they're far from the complete development environment you're describing. I think "front-ends that suck" is common to all database vendors. My business logic and reports live in Java/.NET and other tools like Reporting Server and Jasper. IMO, the tools available for MySQL are not any better or worse than commercial software.
I think the critical mass is nearly reached if my experience is any indication. I work for a large US health care company and nearly all of our new projects rely heavily on OSS (Linux, ActiveMQ, MySQL, Jasper, etc). Our CIO is fairly progressive and pushing for more OSS adoption (in fact we have to justify using closed source software before a project is approved). When there's a well publicized Windows virus or vulnerability he has to assure the higher ups we have a plan in place and that it won't affect our systems. He has a team preparing Linux desktops for operations groups like the call centers and claims processing. This is a much easier sell than upgrading XP to Vista.
In a heavily regulated industry obsessed with privacy and security, Linux on the desktop is a competitive advantage. Any audit or bid for a government contract requires a lengthy description of IT's security policies and procedures. When Company A manages customers' personal information on locked down Linux-based workstations and Company B uses an aging version of XP or Vista, Company A's environment is perceived as more secure, IMO.
The funny thing is, cost rarely comes up as a reason for choosing OSS. Features, more/better choices, and interoperability (on enterprise applications at least) are the reason we use OSS. The majority of our applications are web-based, and our vendors are increasingly using standard formats like EDI and XML rather than Excel spreadsheets. I see our Office "lock-in" decreasing every year. OSS has already won the war on the servers and, to my surprise, will soon make its way onto a significant number of desktops.
The summary implies this is a fair use issue for students. I'm in no way defending the US copyright system, but this case is about class note resellers. I know at the University of Florida there were several shops that resold class notes, invariably to the students that skipped the lectures and were cramming last minute for exams. Most professors hated that their lecture transcripts were being sold for profit. I think one shop was sued unsuccessfully when I was a student. This looks like another legal maneuver to stop them. I don't see anything in the article that would prevent students from taking notes for personal use or sharing freely with other students.
I know I've already seen Madden tournaments on tv. As video games continue to become more mainstream I'm sure we'll see more televised competition. If nascar, poker, or golf can produce pop stars in the US, why not video games?
oops, link to SP Times Article
Thirty years ago people like Led Zeppelin and Bob Dylan rip off the music and lyrics of blues and folk singers before them (many of whom died poor) and become multi-millionaires. Now you get sued for just showing amateur musicians how to play those chords. Nice.
In my area (Tampa Bay FL) a restaurant owner was sued [sptimes.com] for playing songs (cover bands and on the stereo) owned by BMI without paying them an additional fee to the ASCAP fee he already pays. I guess the moral of the story is, P2P-related lawsuits were just the beginning. Media companies are going to extort every penny they can until someone stops them.
I totally agree. I also hate seeing old people holding hands, or fat people, or people with acne. And what about all of these mixed race couples walking around like they have some right to dignity and expression? They're exactly like illegal drug users generating hazardous medical waste in public! If other peoples' behavior doesn't please me why should I feel guilty about supporting laws to repress them? Those are my "principals" dammit.