What do you mean? I thought 1.4.2 and up had support for Itanium. Check this white paper (search for Itanium). Are their claims false, or are you running and older version of the JRE?
Well done is right. We should be welcoming this competition. It was the cold-war space race that got us to the moon before, and hopefully this competition from ESA/Russia will be enough to finally whip NASA back into shape. We had some fun experimenting with shuttles and space stations over the past couple of decades, but now it's time to jump-start the human exploration of space again.
There is definitely a supernatural element to the show. The storyline implies that the characters' presence on the island is the result of more than just a freak accident. The show has enough character development and side stories to keep most non-sci-fi types interested as well.
It was my fiancee that got me into watching the show (Like you, I thought it looked like crap from the commercials). So, women do like it... of course, she likes LOTR and watches Battlestar Galactica with me every week also...
DirecTV Tivo has a summary of the entire first season of Lost condensed to 22 minutes. So, if you're fortunate enough to have that gem of a device, you can see what transpired first season and be able to understand the 2nd when it starts.
Yes, Lost is actually pretty good. On several occasions I made the choice to watch Lost instead of playing video games (I guess that's the point of the quote). So, there you have it - you're a bit behind. I tried to help you out.
In case you were wondering, but too lazy to RTFA, the author is aware that you can mute other players. From TFA:You can also choose to mute them (this will only affect what you can hear, not what everyone else does) if you don't want to hear what they have to say.
Which begs the question: if this guy knows that you can mute peope you don't want to hear, why is he still bitching? I guess it was a slow news day in Xbox live land... and/. for that matter. And, why the hell am I posting to/. on a Friday night... I need a life.
I agree. I'm not sure what is worse, that 1UP.com published such a half-ass article, or that/. picked it up as news. I used to use/. as a filter so I would only read the stuff that matters. Lately the posts have led to a lot of junk articles.
Let me start by disclosing that all I know about WoW is from the articles I read, and that leeroy video I saw (pretty funny, I guess). So, I'm a total n00b, or whatever.
I have a question: Doesn't WoW allow player vs. player combat? When you see a drone player running around killing the same bunny over and over, can't you just kill him? Wouldn't this solve the farmer problem? It seems like it would be a good self-regulation method. Groups of "Regulators" could form and run around the world finding and killing the farmers. Their reward would be the gold or experience the farmer has gained.
How did you get modded +5, Insightful for that comment? I assume you were being sarcastic... if you were being genuine, I might mod you the same.
Google's stock value is completely sane right now, in fact, it's probably undervalued. Look at the forward price to earnings ratio. It's at ~43 right now. Now take a similar company (Yahoo is probably the best one that you can compare with Google). Yahoo's forward price to earnings ratio is about 50. Google is growing (in terms of revenue) much more quickly than Yahoo (and just about every other company out there). They probably deserve a much higher multiple than 50, but at least give them that. This stock should be in the mid 300's to low 400's. If you believe Jim Cramer (and many people do), he's predicting $470 = (multiple of 50 X $9.40 earnings per share).
I recently purchased a home long distance, and using Keyhole was just about the only way I can imagine doing something like that. Being able to get a bird's eye view of a potiential house, overlaying local light rail and subways (with correct colors for the lines no less), finding nearby restaurants and shops, viewing local crime stats, and creating custom "push pins" in a folder structure to track all of the homes were just some of the indispensable features present in Keyhole that Google Maps just didn't cover adequately.
As a Keyhole subscriber, I was given an upgrade to the Beta of Google Earth, and man... almost everything on my "wish list" that I made while using Keyhole is present in gEarth. I wish I had this when I was buying my house!
Quickly breezing through the replies to your post, it looks like I might be the first person to reply who can actually speak from experience.
I graduated during the downfall of dot-coms with a BA in Economics/Finance, and a minor is CS. Being stubborn, I shunned the i-banking jobs my fellow Econ majors were taking and still went for a job in technology (even though they were in scarce supply). I ended up finding a great company that was more interested in hiring smart people than what letters they had on their degree. The one requirement my company has when evaluating candidates (besides high GPA) is that candidates must show a passion for technology. I can safely say (because I confirmed it after getting the job) that the CS minor on my resume, along with the related work I had done during my time at school, was the element that put my resume near the top of the stack and landed me the interviews. A CS minor is not where it ends -- you'll have to prove your skills and knowledge during interviews, for sure, but having a CS minor can be a huge boost to your overall package and help get your foot in the door.
Once you are in the real world, the difference between having a CS Major and CS Minor will fade pretty quickly, IMHO. In my experience, the basics that you learn from earning a CS minor (software design principles, data structures, etc.) are enough to put you in a position to learn the specific software design practices of the company that hires you. Chances are pretty good that everyone that starts at the same time as you will be learning a whole new set of company-specific tools and practices anyway. CS majors may have an upper hand just from their experience with how to solve CS problems, but if you have the passion, you'll put in the extra work it takes to catch up. It's also good to befriend the smartest you meet in your first week - if your company isn't highly competitive (and I think most tech shops aren't), you'll be able to learn a lot just by sharing experiences and get a little help once in a while when you're stumped.
So, the bottom line from my perspective is that if you seriously want a job in technology, go for the extra cs minor. Don't worry about the extra 12% in student loans that some other poster pointed out - you'll have those paid off way ahead of schedule if you're successful. If technology is where you want to make your succuess, a CS minor will do a hell of a lot more to get you there than just a Psych degree.
You might want to research the A-7E method for specifying software systems. It's a highly structured documentation method created by the Naval Research Library (I think) for the A-7E aircraft software systems. It can be applied (and modified) to work for any software system. Of course, this is a method for documenting the system specification, but it might work for you... What's the difference between a spec and a design doc again?
It has pictures. Click on the icon that denotes the location on the map, and it brings up pictures of the house from Craig's List. Satellite pics would be a welcome addition, true, but your statement that it is useless (which you decided to SHOUT for some unknown reason) is not completely true.
Yeah, the stock got slammed even though Apple beat earnings estimates by $.10/share (not too shabby). The explanation is that iPod sales are up 16%, but iPod revenue is down 16% (they keep slashing prices)... yes, Wall Street views Apple as the maker of iPod and little else. Apparently the drop is because higher expectations were built into the price at $42/43 a few days ago (when I should have sold).
I'm holding for now and hoping Tiger/mini drives up some revenue in the next quarter or two. Hey, it might even be a buying opportunity. Of course, if you're looking for stock advice, you're reading the wrong message board and especially the wrong poster (my track record is mediocre)
There's a pretty obvious hint in the gamespot article linked from the/. summary. Good luck, though, the site gives an error message literaly every other click. It's pretty clear they are running a MSFT app server, and a poorly tuned one at that (if that's not redundant).
I've used VoIP to communicate with someone stationed in Kuwait. Their end was using a satellite uplink, my end was a T1. Latency was noticable, but did not prevent a 20+ min conversation from taking place. It can be done.
I believe the parent is implying that this device could be used as a pretty sneaky spy device. This was my first thought when looking at it, but with only 8MB of RAM and 2-4MB flash, I'm not sure how useful it would be for stealing big secrets.
Back in January Slashdot ran an article on the rel=nofollow attribute that will prevent Google (and MSN and Yahoo, probably others) from indexing the link in anchor tags that contain it. This is meant to cut out the motivation for Blog and Message Board comment spamming.
For all of you out there creating blog/board software and maintaining blog sites, please use this attribute! (/. inlcluded, I suppose)
... of course, you'll have to put a notice somewhere on your site that the links in comments will be ignored by search indexers so the message board spammers know their efforts are futile on your site.
I have to agree with the parent. I would love to see the gov move to OOo, and open source in general. However, even casual users of OOo repot major show-stopper bugs (espectially wrt interoperability with legacy MS Office docs). Commercial office suites like Corel's and Microsoft's are simply more stable at this point.
Perhaps when OOo 2.0 becomes stable there can be an argument for moving to open source desktop applications, but until then, I can't blame the gov't for trying to stick to the tried and true.
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You can't even run Java on them.
What do you mean? I thought 1.4.2 and up had support for Itanium. Check this white paper (search for Itanium). Are their claims false, or are you running and older version of the JRE?
Well done is right. We should be welcoming this competition. It was the cold-war space race that got us to the moon before, and hopefully this competition from ESA/Russia will be enough to finally whip NASA back into shape. We had some fun experimenting with shuttles and space stations over the past couple of decades, but now it's time to jump-start the human exploration of space again.
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There is definitely a supernatural element to the show. The storyline implies that the characters' presence on the island is the result of more than just a freak accident. The show has enough character development and side stories to keep most non-sci-fi types interested as well.
It was my fiancee that got me into watching the show (Like you, I thought it looked like crap from the commercials). So, women do like it... of course, she likes LOTR and watches Battlestar Galactica with me every week also...
DirecTV Tivo has a summary of the entire first season of Lost condensed to 22 minutes. So, if you're fortunate enough to have that gem of a device, you can see what transpired first season and be able to understand the 2nd when it starts.
Yes, Lost is actually pretty good. On several occasions I made the choice to watch Lost instead of playing video games (I guess that's the point of the quote). So, there you have it - you're a bit behind. I tried to help you out.
In case you were wondering, but too lazy to RTFA, the author is aware that you can mute other players. From TFA:You can also choose to mute them (this will only affect what you can hear, not what everyone else does) if you don't want to hear what they have to say.
/. for that matter. And, why the hell am I posting to /. on a Friday night... I need a life.
Which begs the question: if this guy knows that you can mute peope you don't want to hear, why is he still bitching? I guess it was a slow news day in Xbox live land... and
I agree. I'm not sure what is worse, that 1UP.com published such a half-ass article, or that /. picked it up as news. I used to use /. as a filter so I would only read the stuff that matters. Lately the posts have led to a lot of junk articles.
Let me start by disclosing that all I know about WoW is from the articles I read, and that leeroy video I saw (pretty funny, I guess). So, I'm a total n00b, or whatever.
I have a question: Doesn't WoW allow player vs. player combat? When you see a drone player running around killing the same bunny over and over, can't you just kill him? Wouldn't this solve the farmer problem? It seems like it would be a good self-regulation method. Groups of "Regulators" could form and run around the world finding and killing the farmers. Their reward would be the gold or experience the farmer has gained.
How did you get modded +5, Insightful for that comment? I assume you were being sarcastic... if you were being genuine, I might mod you the same.
Google's stock value is completely sane right now, in fact, it's probably undervalued. Look at the forward price to earnings ratio. It's at ~43 right now. Now take a similar company (Yahoo is probably the best one that you can compare with Google). Yahoo's forward price to earnings ratio is about 50. Google is growing (in terms of revenue) much more quickly than Yahoo (and just about every other company out there). They probably deserve a much higher multiple than 50, but at least give them that. This stock should be in the mid 300's to low 400's. If you believe Jim Cramer (and many people do), he's predicting $470 = (multiple of 50 X $9.40 earnings per share).
I recently purchased a home long distance, and using Keyhole was just about the only way I can imagine doing something like that. Being able to get a bird's eye view of a potiential house, overlaying local light rail and subways (with correct colors for the lines no less), finding nearby restaurants and shops, viewing local crime stats, and creating custom "push pins" in a folder structure to track all of the homes were just some of the indispensable features present in Keyhole that Google Maps just didn't cover adequately.
As a Keyhole subscriber, I was given an upgrade to the Beta of Google Earth, and man... almost everything on my "wish list" that I made while using Keyhole is present in gEarth. I wish I had this when I was buying my house!
Yet, for some reason, people seem to think this 25 pages of crap is an 'amazing exchange of ideas' and truly a community to be proud of...
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Quickly breezing through the replies to your post, it looks like I might be the first person to reply who can actually speak from experience.
I graduated during the downfall of dot-coms with a BA in Economics/Finance, and a minor is CS. Being stubborn, I shunned the i-banking jobs my fellow Econ majors were taking and still went for a job in technology (even though they were in scarce supply). I ended up finding a great company that was more interested in hiring smart people than what letters they had on their degree. The one requirement my company has when evaluating candidates (besides high GPA) is that candidates must show a passion for technology. I can safely say (because I confirmed it after getting the job) that the CS minor on my resume, along with the related work I had done during my time at school, was the element that put my resume near the top of the stack and landed me the interviews. A CS minor is not where it ends -- you'll have to prove your skills and knowledge during interviews, for sure, but having a CS minor can be a huge boost to your overall package and help get your foot in the door.
Once you are in the real world, the difference between having a CS Major and CS Minor will fade pretty quickly, IMHO. In my experience, the basics that you learn from earning a CS minor (software design principles, data structures, etc.) are enough to put you in a position to learn the specific software design practices of the company that hires you. Chances are pretty good that everyone that starts at the same time as you will be learning a whole new set of company-specific tools and practices anyway. CS majors may have an upper hand just from their experience with how to solve CS problems, but if you have the passion, you'll put in the extra work it takes to catch up. It's also good to befriend the smartest you meet in your first week - if your company isn't highly competitive (and I think most tech shops aren't), you'll be able to learn a lot just by sharing experiences and get a little help once in a while when you're stumped.
So, the bottom line from my perspective is that if you seriously want a job in technology, go for the extra cs minor. Don't worry about the extra 12% in student loans that some other poster pointed out - you'll have those paid off way ahead of schedule if you're successful. If technology is where you want to make your succuess, a CS minor will do a hell of a lot more to get you there than just a Psych degree.
I'm pretty sure the "Support for ... CD-RW .. " line just means that it will be able to read those formats, not write to them.
Why not weave them into a nice artsy basket. I'm sure your wife would love that. Look here for inspiration.
You might want to research the A-7E method for specifying software systems. It's a highly structured documentation method created by the Naval Research Library (I think) for the A-7E aircraft software systems. It can be applied (and modified) to work for any software system. Of course, this is a method for documenting the system specification, but it might work for you... What's the difference between a spec and a design doc again?
I guess I just don't get it then :'(
It has pictures. Click on the icon that denotes the location on the map, and it brings up pictures of the house from Craig's List. Satellite pics would be a welcome addition, true, but your statement that it is useless (which you decided to SHOUT for some unknown reason) is not completely true.
Yeah, the stock got slammed even though Apple beat earnings estimates by $.10/share (not too shabby). The explanation is that iPod sales are up 16%, but iPod revenue is down 16% (they keep slashing prices)... yes, Wall Street views Apple as the maker of iPod and little else. Apparently the drop is because higher expectations were built into the price at $42/43 a few days ago (when I should have sold).
I'm holding for now and hoping Tiger/mini drives up some revenue in the next quarter or two. Hey, it might even be a buying opportunity. Of course, if you're looking for stock advice, you're reading the wrong message board and especially the wrong poster (my track record is mediocre)
There's a pretty obvious hint in the gamespot article linked from the /. summary. Good luck, though, the site gives an error message literaly every other click. It's pretty clear they are running a MSFT app server, and a poorly tuned one at that (if that's not redundant).
I've used VoIP to communicate with someone stationed in Kuwait. Their end was using a satellite uplink, my end was a T1. Latency was noticable, but did not prevent a 20+ min conversation from taking place. It can be done.
I believe the parent is implying that this device could be used as a pretty sneaky spy device. This was my first thought when looking at it, but with only 8MB of RAM and 2-4MB flash, I'm not sure how useful it would be for stealing big secrets.
Back in January Slashdot ran an article on the rel=nofollow attribute that will prevent Google (and MSN and Yahoo, probably others) from indexing the link in anchor tags that contain it. This is meant to cut out the motivation for Blog and Message Board comment spamming.
For all of you out there creating blog/board software and maintaining blog sites, please use this attribute! (/. inlcluded, I suppose)
... of course, you'll have to put a notice somewhere on your site that the links in comments will be ignored by search indexers so the message board spammers know their efforts are futile on your site.
Can someone please tie this into a Google conspiracy for me? I don't understand /. articles unless they somehow involve Google taking over the world.
from the bio: the beach is now a place where she goes only for recreation to ride her boogie board and to build extreme sand castles
Yeah, she sounds like a real winner.
I have to agree with the parent. I would love to see the gov move to OOo, and open source in general. However, even casual users of OOo repot major show-stopper bugs (espectially wrt interoperability with legacy MS Office docs). Commercial office suites like Corel's and Microsoft's are simply more stable at this point.
Perhaps when OOo 2.0 becomes stable there can be an argument for moving to open source desktop applications, but until then, I can't blame the gov't for trying to stick to the tried and true.