... the need to get "hands on" at certain phases of a project does limit me geographically. I can telecommute, but only in the design stage. That's the one of two downsides to HE. The other is that "debugging" usually involves a soldering iron.:-\
Can they do something about the bad camera angles that infest so many games? Or the scarcity of fraking save points and vindictive restart points that make you wonder if the developers actively hate their customers? C'mon, Walmart! Flex that muscle!
And I'm not getting a new Mac for at least two years, so I don't want to hear about the Intel Macs already.
Well... then maybe you want to go to a site called, like, "Sco08y's Newz" or something. Or maybe not read articles about the Intel Macs. You know... something proactive.
Why should I subsidize *your* commute? Maybe a selfish response, but it's a fair question when there are other options open to you that only incur a cost to you. Move closer to work. Telecommute more. Buy a hybrid/electric/motorcycle/more-efficient-whatever . There's lots of options for *you* before you start dragging billions of tax dollars into it.
And what is with this hunger for government solutions? I just don't get that. Never have and never will. Has no one heard of the Big Dig (leaking like a seive last I heard)? L.A.'s subway to nowhere? The 105 freeway that took decades longer than expected? And half a hundred other big ticket projects that went awry? Seriously, you people who distrust big business and then cozy up to big government mystify me. Same for the opposite side, too.
In a million years the Earth will return to stasis...
What stasis is that? The middle of the last ice age? One of the previous periods when Mother Earth was hot and sultry? Before the blue-green algae synthesize the molecular oxygen? Just before nitrogen fixing was developed by plantlife in the Devonian? Before or after chlorphyll appeared? Before the ozone layer formed?
And, my God, enough with the anti-SUV diatribes. WE KNOW! WE ALL KNOW! Everyone who can be reached on that issue has been reached. Stop acting like "teh SUVs suxx!" is some sort of +100 Insightful commentary.
Apple Corp may have a valid legal case...
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...but they are still a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes. There's plenty of mindless law out there. Legal and Rational are independent sets that only sometimes overlap. This is a shakedown.
What Apple Computer should do is ally themselves with Gene Simmons. Gene could then unleash the KISS Army against Apple Corp, and it would all be over real quick.
Well then Apple Corp is even dumber than the original poster thought.
A fella, a clever fella, would just release their catalog on iTunes and have some sort of "Apple on Apple" promotion and make piles of cash. Instead they are spending money to defend some stupid trademark concept and the only ones who win are, once again, the leech lawyers.
Apple Corp may be in the legal right, but that doesn't make it rational. There's decisions every day that are legally sound , but make a man want to run screaming into the hills and gather a force of revolutionaries.
Using the quasars live seems a little flakey. If you're even *one* bit off... That's sort of the point with a good random pattern. It won't correlate with anything but itself. But I can seem them using quasars to generate the typical tapes or digital pad files.
Is there anyone to blame here other than the consumers? Personally, I think I may look into one of those Snappers for my next mower (although I totally dig my Black & Decker no-muss no-fuss no-oil no-gas cordless electric mower and may just get the latest version of that), but the consumers want good deals. I like to buy the nicer things, but I get my T.P., tissues and other life basics over at the local K-Mart.
I wear cheap polo shirts and jeans and Reebok walking shoes to work, and make $150K designing hardware. I laugh at the guys who wear ties and slacks, and put dirt in their hair. Hasn't stopped me.
Of course, the fact that my designs blow the customers' minds, make out cimpetitors whimper in the night and bring in millions of dollars helps, too.:)
The people who make decisions about how their IT budget will be spent don't give a rat's ass about your feelings.
And that's the problem. The IT departments of this world continue to saddle their users with this broken shitpile of an OS and its attendant posse of fucked up bloatware application suites. I mean, for God's sake, Visio can't even paste into *itself* without screwing up the colors.
I'm tired of Cancel buttons that are cruel hoaxes. I'm tired of the whole OS going into a catatonic freeze if I try to delete a shortcut to something on a remote server that no longer exists. I'm tired of interfaces that look like they were designed by either Nazi or Stalinist architects. Seriously, only a hard core sadist would even conceive of menus that change each time you use them.
We're tired, my friend. The users are tired and worn out and ready for revolution. There will be an accounting. There will be a totaling of sums and lists will be drawn up! We shall have our revenge! Being an IT person will become about a safe as wearing "Hi! I'm a witch! Kiss me!" T-shirt during the Inquisitions. Cleetus! Go get the rope!
My PCs and Macs are all set to simple gray destops with all effects off via built in controls or third party tools. My XP looks like Win2K. And I'm a computer artist, but I need a fancy looking OS like a carpenter needs a day-glo hammer and designer nails.
The 3D windows in the Vista screenshots are about as useful as a subway in Los Angeles. I weep at the wasted resources spent on both.
That's what I don't get, though. How many more examples do we need of companies that innovated something being ground into dust by the Johnny-Come-Latelys? Do they even teach anything in business school anymore, or do the teachers and students just sit around rubbing their hands together in greedy anticipation?
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google.com? Huh? Obviously you meant buy_overpriced_microsoft_crap.com.
Unless there's a VP at the demo, then it's, "No, no, it's *supposed* to do that." :)
... the need to get "hands on" at certain phases of a project does limit me geographically. I can telecommute, but only in the design stage. That's the one of two downsides to HE. The other is that "debugging" usually involves a soldering iron. :-\
Barbie's Horse Adventure?
Can they do something about the bad camera angles that infest so many games? Or the scarcity of fraking save points and vindictive restart points that make you wonder if the developers actively hate their customers? C'mon, Walmart! Flex that muscle!
I'm just teasin' ya.
Well... then maybe you want to go to a site called, like, "Sco08y's Newz" or something. Or maybe not read articles about the Intel Macs. You know... something proactive.
Expert?! You're barely multi-celled!
Man, I miss Duckman.
Anything else is pointless nattering. Welcome to the interwebs.
Sexbot = endless billions in profit
What is so difficult for the robotics industry to comprehend here?
And what is with this hunger for government solutions? I just don't get that. Never have and never will. Has no one heard of the Big Dig (leaking like a seive last I heard)? L.A.'s subway to nowhere? The 105 freeway that took decades longer than expected? And half a hundred other big ticket projects that went awry? Seriously, you people who distrust big business and then cozy up to big government mystify me. Same for the opposite side, too.
What stasis is that? The middle of the last ice age? One of the previous periods when Mother Earth was hot and sultry? Before the blue-green algae synthesize the molecular oxygen? Just before nitrogen fixing was developed by plantlife in the Devonian? Before or after chlorphyll appeared? Before the ozone layer formed?
And, my God, enough with the anti-SUV diatribes. WE KNOW! WE ALL KNOW! Everyone who can be reached on that issue has been reached. Stop acting like "teh SUVs suxx!" is some sort of +100 Insightful commentary.
What Apple Computer should do is ally themselves with Gene Simmons. Gene could then unleash the KISS Army against Apple Corp, and it would all be over real quick.
A fella, a clever fella, would just release their catalog on iTunes and have some sort of "Apple on Apple" promotion and make piles of cash. Instead they are spending money to defend some stupid trademark concept and the only ones who win are, once again, the leech lawyers.
Apple Corp may be in the legal right, but that doesn't make it rational. There's decisions every day that are legally sound , but make a man want to run screaming into the hills and gather a force of revolutionaries.
Using the quasars live seems a little flakey. If you're even *one* bit off... That's sort of the point with a good random pattern. It won't correlate with anything but itself. But I can seem them using quasars to generate the typical tapes or digital pad files.
Is there anyone to blame here other than the consumers? Personally, I think I may look into one of those Snappers for my next mower (although I totally dig my Black & Decker no-muss no-fuss no-oil no-gas cordless electric mower and may just get the latest version of that), but the consumers want good deals. I like to buy the nicer things, but I get my T.P., tissues and other life basics over at the local K-Mart.
That actually kind of *earns* Wal-Mart a couple points in my book. :)
I wear cheap polo shirts and jeans and Reebok walking shoes to work, and make $150K designing hardware. I laugh at the guys who wear ties and slacks, and put dirt in their hair. Hasn't stopped me.
Of course, the fact that my designs blow the customers' minds, make out cimpetitors whimper in the night and bring in millions of dollars helps, too. :)
Shady car salesmen wear suits. Drug kingpins wear suits. The heads of Enron wore suits.
A man in nice suits sent our military into Iraq after WMDs that weren't there.
The former thug leader of Iraq wore suits.
So what does a suit prove again?
Eh, just get Art Bell's. Pretty much the same thing.
The people who make decisions about how their IT budget will be spent don't give a rat's ass about your feelings.
And that's the problem. The IT departments of this world continue to saddle their users with this broken shitpile of an OS and its attendant posse of fucked up bloatware application suites. I mean, for God's sake, Visio can't even paste into *itself* without screwing up the colors.
I'm tired of Cancel buttons that are cruel hoaxes. I'm tired of the whole OS going into a catatonic freeze if I try to delete a shortcut to something on a remote server that no longer exists. I'm tired of interfaces that look like they were designed by either Nazi or Stalinist architects. Seriously, only a hard core sadist would even conceive of menus that change each time you use them.
We're tired, my friend. The users are tired and worn out and ready for revolution. There will be an accounting. There will be a totaling of sums and lists will be drawn up! We shall have our revenge! Being an IT person will become about a safe as wearing "Hi! I'm a witch! Kiss me!" T-shirt during the Inquisitions. Cleetus! Go get the rope!
The 3D windows in the Vista screenshots are about as useful as a subway in Los Angeles. I weep at the wasted resources spent on both.
I hope this helps.
I'm so confused. :(
That's what I don't get, though. How many more examples do we need of companies that innovated something being ground into dust by the Johnny-Come-Latelys? Do they even teach anything in business school anymore, or do the teachers and students just sit around rubbing their hands together in greedy anticipation?