Such an obvious case of non IT staff making IT decisions. People who know nothing about IT decisions, and make them should be made to live with their idiocracy. I have zero sympathy for them because they did not understand their own needs and they still don't want to ask how they go about solving them to save the remains of their budget. They let taxpayers and their students down.
Idiocracy in action as they all said "shiney, shiney".
because it's fairly normal. I'm not being negative, it's called "Negative Analysis". I started freelancing about 20 years ago and not only do you have to be good technically, you have to work on your soft skills, and your commercial skills. Business people are tricky and you have to be able to play on their level. You are green, you will be ripped off, get ready for it and figure out how to look after your cashflow.
Don't worry about failing, for whatever the reason, pick yourself up and keep going. Don't expect to get rich quick because it's not going to happen. The freedom is great but the responsibilities can keep you awake at night far too often. Put aside time for personal development because you have to remember that you are the product.
Are you good at accounting, learn, done the invoicing, learn, purchase orders, learn, marketing, learn - do you know what your business does, learn that too. You will wear a lot of hats so you may as well learn how to wear them while you are young and have the energy and after you have learned how to work hard you will learn how to work smart. Don't worry about the 20 years experience you need to have to be a consultant - that will come later, just get good at something, preferably something you love to do, do it well and offer that service.
People will say you don't have enough experience and you don't, so just go out and get the experience. The attitude you develop in business to adversity will bring you an optimism and enthusiasm that is infectious, then you will discover how employable you are when you need it.
Make failure your friend and success will seek you out.
This is starting to sound not quite as easy as a politician saying "this might be a good idea", isn't it?
Are you joking. This is the same government involved in the UKUS A alliance. If it wants to get it right then the governments departments WILL GET IT RIGHT. This should simply be called "The Domestic Esp ionage A ct 2012".
The best line was how the Fed eral Pol ice complained of "degradation of existing capability" when they have been designated legality to intercept cell phone messages, email and SMS in the 2003 Ant i Terrorwism Act, so it's a complete deception.
Coupled with the most useless Opposition ever that says No to everything, except this - which it supports. Yet another bit of freedom going, going...
First, you don't have the right to make rules on what is rape and what is not rape.
I did no such thing. An expression of the facts as I understand them is not me making rules about rape. If your opinion is that I have the facts wrong then provide a...
Second, he is accused of non-consensual sex.
[citation please]
and a...
Third, there are more than one incident in question and courts of UK has decided that what he is charged with would count as rape in UK.
[citation please]
That's good enough for me.
Are you a Judge? And are you judging Wikileaks based on Assange's alleged crimes or Assange based on Wikileaks alleged crimes? Because your statement of opinion seems to be the equivalent of mine so why is it any more or less valuable. I also remember reading that he contacted the authorities to see if there was a case to answer and was informed he did not. I've got no problem being wrong but if you want to correct me then present the facts you draw on and evolve my education.
Assange himself is the worst enemy of Wikileaks.
Perhaps. But he is playing in a much bigger pool than either of us are and do you expect them to play fair in their attempts to silence him. What if someone presented falsified evidence? Do you think that is beyond the capabilities of the entities Wikileaks has engaged?
As I said, Wikileaks is in a war for freedom. The gloves are of my friend and they are out to get Assange and he potentially faces the death penalty in the US. Ask yourself if that is a fair punishment for the crimes you believe he has committed and you will start to recognise the forces at work here. Do you think they give a damn about the welfare of those women when the net product of billions of debt slaves are at stake?
I have way more respect for the three young women of Pussy Riot and what they have accomplished than anything Wikileaks has done.
Except that they can't help us. For democracy to exist there they have to do it their way, which is what Pussy Riot was attempting to do. For democracy to survive in the West we have to defend it our way because freedom has potent domestic enemies. The truth hurts those enemies and neither you or I am innocent whilst we are choking on apathy and ignorance. This isn't a question of Nation or Party. The corruption that poisons our world governments seeks to crush any freedom of speech and expression of democracy anywhere. That's the reality we live with everyday.
What the world needs, and still has plenty of, are people of good moral character, who will fight for what's right, who will take stands, and who will take risks.
If a man hiding in a Embassy because he faces life imprisonment for standing up for the truth in the face of corruption isn't exactly that then who is? Murdoch, Faux News? Ok he has flaws, what human doesn't? Does that mean Wikileaks is tarred by his iniquities? Whose opinions sway judgement and control rhetoric, the corrupted organisations that own the media outlets around the world whose interests are at stake?
The irony in all of this is astounding. An Australian, is a refugee in an Ecuador embassy, on British soil who seek to extradite him to Sweden where he fears extradition to the United States where he faces life in prison for exercising freedom of speech and defending democracy.
Wikileaks is the front line for the war on freedom, all our freedom. While the lies rule our governments we are all slaves.
There are plenty of package management systems that take care of dependencies - just release apt for deb based and yum for fedora based - that covers most. Anyone who is more esoteric in their distro choice has enough skill (or motivation) to sort out the issues themselves
1. "Extrajudicial" killing of US citizens
2. Use of drones against US citizens
3. Cameras recording activities
4. Government snooping into private conversations
Good damn thing there is a 2nd Amendment.
Benjamin Franklin himself said that the constitution would not protect the US from slipping into despotism and that the inevitable corruption of it's people means that it can only be governed by a corrupt government. It's quite a painful introspection for a country to ask itself that question, especially as it drives itself towards bankruptcy through war, as the British Empire did. It hard not to recognise the US as anything other than an empire now and that violence is inevitable as Kennedy stated.
What is sad is this great American experiment of Democracy will be the most innocent victim.
What do you find most annoying or gratifying about Firefox these days?
Everything. right now I have 31 FF tabs and windows open (I am writing papers and doing research). Last night in the middle of what I was doing I accidentally hit the keyboard combination that put me into private browsing mode, and basically shit myself saying #$@% FF. I found the option to go back into normal browser mode and everything back but I'd already cursed the program unfairly. So I think it's just me pushing the browser and finding it's limits, it get slow, functions like moving tabs between windows stop working and the general responsiveness of the browser starts to deteriorate.
That said I think it's impossible to do that in any other browser, they just aren't as capable. The only thing that stuffs FF up is flash. urrrrh Flash must die, and even that I don't think is FF fault but adobe's, Flash never seems to work properly under linux. For me it's becoming close to impossible to only run one browser anymore. I find flash works fine under Chrome so I use it for that, but I don't trust either of them for online transactions so I use Opera for that.
I like FF and use it almost exclusively for browsing but recently, whilst implementing Fowlers "Application Controller" in Javascript I, as usual, found that I have to use another browser whilst doing any form of browser based code work, in step Konquer (don't laugh!) to take over. To me FF simply has the best browser based dev tools (Firebug - Whoo!) so it's easy for me to make sure that the things I write work properly in firefox. Of course I use IE for testing when I am in that mode.
Things get complicated in the IE space also, where you have to have different version of IE to test and use a backend system, for example where a system only works properly in IE7 and another only works in IE8, hello virtual machine under Win 7. But even at home that's five browsers to do stuff with at different times (with safari being the only browser I haven't flogged). I know I am not a typical user (I'm not even a web developer - so they're probably more demanding), but I think we are all probably starting to push our chosen browsers to their limits so a single browser choice is really just a limitation on doing things. Personally, I find these browser wars to be idiotic (actually OS wars too) I want the capability to do what I need to do to the limits of the hardware without some moronic restrictions.
I like it alot. I had to disable the touchpad but I always do that on laptops too. I have the silverish/bluish one so I'm not sure it comes in a true blue color.
That sounds like the one I'm after. The specs didn't say that they were available in that colour so that was the one thing I had to sort out. Thanks!
I just got the latest Transformer (Infinity). The optional keyboard w/ battery is definitely a great form factor. I believe Lenovo has one coming out and Asus has announced at least one Win8 version.
That's the one I'm after next - how do you find it (and can you get it in blue?)
Not "Or", I think ASUS are the one's driving innovation in this space. The EEE pc was a game changing concept that was pretty much subverted into something it wasn't. These Eee pads are certainly a refresh of the concept that includes a pad. I've found it to be a flexible design and I don't think Asus get the credit they deserve.
The concept of a "year of the Linux desktop" is changing to make the desktop irrelevant.
In high school this was my first computer. The Apple 1 wasn't available for me at the time and so I grew up on the TRS-80 models as they evolved, eventually, into the Model III with built in screen all looking very slick for the time. By the time my school had built a computing lab and filled it with Apple II's I had my own machines at home. When the Model IV arrived I'd moved on to other machines and was looking to my first PC (with help).
I remember when I had to write lines (the teachers chosen method for entry level discipline - before detention and the cane) I learned the Agile approach to software by asking them things like "would you like the lines numbered?". I then created a short three or four lines of BASIC code and let it print for the selected amount of lines. So to me the TRS-80 was an incredible time saver.
It also made me money, whilst all the other kids were tooling around trying to figure out if they'd be mechanics carpenters or hairdressers my choice of computing career (my geek fate was sealed!!) let me do other things, like charge the other kids money to do their computing homework.
Slashdot Mirror
Idiocracy in action as they all said "shiney, shiney".
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You're an evil mofo. Let it not be said that this went unread!
FTFY
Will teach him the value of reading.
because it's fairly normal. I'm not being negative, it's called "Negative Analysis". I started freelancing about 20 years ago and not only do you have to be good technically, you have to work on your soft skills, and your commercial skills. Business people are tricky and you have to be able to play on their level. You are green, you will be ripped off, get ready for it and figure out how to look after your cashflow.
Don't worry about failing, for whatever the reason, pick yourself up and keep going. Don't expect to get rich quick because it's not going to happen. The freedom is great but the responsibilities can keep you awake at night far too often. Put aside time for personal development because you have to remember that you are the product.
Are you good at accounting, learn, done the invoicing, learn, purchase orders, learn, marketing, learn - do you know what your business does, learn that too. You will wear a lot of hats so you may as well learn how to wear them while you are young and have the energy and after you have learned how to work hard you will learn how to work smart. Don't worry about the 20 years experience you need to have to be a consultant - that will come later, just get good at something, preferably something you love to do, do it well and offer that service.
People will say you don't have enough experience and you don't, so just go out and get the experience. The attitude you develop in business to adversity will bring you an optimism and enthusiasm that is infectious, then you will discover how employable you are when you need it.
Make failure your friend and success will seek you out.
This is starting to sound not quite as easy as a politician saying "this might be a good idea", isn't it?
Are you joking. This is the same government involved in the UKUS A alliance. If it wants to get it right then the governments departments WILL GET IT RIGHT. This should simply be called "The Domestic Esp ionage A ct 2012".
The best line was how the Fed eral Pol ice complained of "degradation of existing capability" when they have been designated legality to intercept cell phone messages, email and SMS in the 2003 Ant i Terrorwism Act, so it's a complete deception.
Coupled with the most useless Opposition ever that says No to everything, except this - which it supports. Yet another bit of freedom going, going...
beowulf solarium made of these.
bingo!!!
I did no such thing. An expression of the facts as I understand them is not me making rules about rape. If your opinion is that I have the facts wrong then provide a...
[citation please]
and a...
[citation please]
Are you a Judge? And are you judging Wikileaks based on Assange's alleged crimes or Assange based on Wikileaks alleged crimes? Because your statement of opinion seems to be the equivalent of mine so why is it any more or less valuable. I also remember reading that he contacted the authorities to see if there was a case to answer and was informed he did not. I've got no problem being wrong but if you want to correct me then present the facts you draw on and evolve my education.
Perhaps. But he is playing in a much bigger pool than either of us are and do you expect them to play fair in their attempts to silence him. What if someone presented falsified evidence? Do you think that is beyond the capabilities of the entities Wikileaks has engaged?
As I said, Wikileaks is in a war for freedom. The gloves are of my friend and they are out to get Assange and he potentially faces the death penalty in the US. Ask yourself if that is a fair punishment for the crimes you believe he has committed and you will start to recognise the forces at work here. Do you think they give a damn about the welfare of those women when the net product of billions of debt slaves are at stake?
Thank you for a life of inspiration.
Ok he has flaws, what human doesn't?
Bloody hell. He's accused of rape. "Flaws"? Bloody hell!
The rape in question is an accusation of not wearing a condom during consensual sex. He wasn't accused of any violent act.
Except that they can't help us. For democracy to exist there they have to do it their way, which is what Pussy Riot was attempting to do. For democracy to survive in the West we have to defend it our way because freedom has potent domestic enemies. The truth hurts those enemies and neither you or I am innocent whilst we are choking on apathy and ignorance. This isn't a question of Nation or Party. The corruption that poisons our world governments seeks to crush any freedom of speech and expression of democracy anywhere. That's the reality we live with everyday.
If a man hiding in a Embassy because he faces life imprisonment for standing up for the truth in the face of corruption isn't exactly that then who is? Murdoch, Faux News? Ok he has flaws, what human doesn't? Does that mean Wikileaks is tarred by his iniquities? Whose opinions sway judgement and control rhetoric, the corrupted organisations that own the media outlets around the world whose interests are at stake?
The irony in all of this is astounding. An Australian, is a refugee in an Ecuador embassy, on British soil who seek to extradite him to Sweden where he fears extradition to the United States where he faces life in prison for exercising freedom of speech and defending democracy.
Wikileaks is the front line for the war on freedom, all our freedom. While the lies rule our governments we are all slaves.
just saying...
If all the browser support of Javascript, css and html5 was close to the same.
I know... I know...
You are very welcome grasshopper.
You are very clever, this is different from wisdom.
First, take a bath. Then read this:
Ok, well now I know why internet pirates always win. Thanks for clearing that up, it all seems so simple now.
There are plenty of package management systems that take care of dependencies - just release apt for deb based and yum for fedora based - that covers most. Anyone who is more esoteric in their distro choice has enough skill (or motivation) to sort out the issues themselves
Let's see:
1. "Extrajudicial" killing of US citizens 2. Use of drones against US citizens 3. Cameras recording activities 4. Government snooping into private conversations
Good damn thing there is a 2nd Amendment.
Benjamin Franklin himself said that the constitution would not protect the US from slipping into despotism and that the inevitable corruption of it's people means that it can only be governed by a corrupt government. It's quite a painful introspection for a country to ask itself that question, especially as it drives itself towards bankruptcy through war, as the British Empire did. It hard not to recognise the US as anything other than an empire now and that violence is inevitable as Kennedy stated.
What is sad is this great American experiment of Democracy will be the most innocent victim.
What do you find most annoying or gratifying about Firefox these days?
Everything. right now I have 31 FF tabs and windows open (I am writing papers and doing research). Last night in the middle of what I was doing I accidentally hit the keyboard combination that put me into private browsing mode, and basically shit myself saying #$@% FF. I found the option to go back into normal browser mode and everything back but I'd already cursed the program unfairly. So I think it's just me pushing the browser and finding it's limits, it get slow, functions like moving tabs between windows stop working and the general responsiveness of the browser starts to deteriorate.
That said I think it's impossible to do that in any other browser, they just aren't as capable. The only thing that stuffs FF up is flash. urrrrh Flash must die, and even that I don't think is FF fault but adobe's, Flash never seems to work properly under linux. For me it's becoming close to impossible to only run one browser anymore. I find flash works fine under Chrome so I use it for that, but I don't trust either of them for online transactions so I use Opera for that.
I like FF and use it almost exclusively for browsing but recently, whilst implementing Fowlers "Application Controller" in Javascript I, as usual, found that I have to use another browser whilst doing any form of browser based code work, in step Konquer (don't laugh!) to take over. To me FF simply has the best browser based dev tools (Firebug - Whoo!) so it's easy for me to make sure that the things I write work properly in firefox. Of course I use IE for testing when I am in that mode.
Things get complicated in the IE space also, where you have to have different version of IE to test and use a backend system, for example where a system only works properly in IE7 and another only works in IE8, hello virtual machine under Win 7. But even at home that's five browsers to do stuff with at different times (with safari being the only browser I haven't flogged). I know I am not a typical user (I'm not even a web developer - so they're probably more demanding), but I think we are all probably starting to push our chosen browsers to their limits so a single browser choice is really just a limitation on doing things. Personally, I find these browser wars to be idiotic (actually OS wars too) I want the capability to do what I need to do to the limits of the hardware without some moronic restrictions.
I like it alot. I had to disable the touchpad but I always do that on laptops too. I have the silverish/bluish one so I'm not sure it comes in a true blue color.
That sounds like the one I'm after. The specs didn't say that they were available in that colour so that was the one thing I had to sort out. Thanks!
iMarket, therefore iAm
I just got the latest Transformer (Infinity). The optional keyboard w/ battery is definitely a great form factor. I believe Lenovo has one coming out and Asus has announced at least one Win8 version.
That's the one I'm after next - how do you find it (and can you get it in blue?)
Or the Asus Transformer http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Pad_Transformer_TF101/
Not "Or", I think ASUS are the one's driving innovation in this space. The EEE pc was a game changing concept that was pretty much subverted into something it wasn't. These Eee pads are certainly a refresh of the concept that includes a pad. I've found it to be a flexible design and I don't think Asus get the credit they deserve.
The concept of a "year of the Linux desktop" is changing to make the desktop irrelevant.
Nothing gnu here. Move along.
FTFY
In high school this was my first computer. The Apple 1 wasn't available for me at the time and so I grew up on the TRS-80 models as they evolved, eventually, into the Model III with built in screen all looking very slick for the time. By the time my school had built a computing lab and filled it with Apple II's I had my own machines at home. When the Model IV arrived I'd moved on to other machines and was looking to my first PC (with help).
I remember when I had to write lines (the teachers chosen method for entry level discipline - before detention and the cane) I learned the Agile approach to software by asking them things like "would you like the lines numbered?". I then created a short three or four lines of BASIC code and let it print for the selected amount of lines. So to me the TRS-80 was an incredible time saver.
It also made me money, whilst all the other kids were tooling around trying to figure out if they'd be mechanics carpenters or hairdressers my choice of computing career (my geek fate was sealed!!) let me do other things, like charge the other kids money to do their computing homework.
So thank you TRS-80 and happy birthday!