I think the bigger point here is that most people don't care about passwords. They see them as necessary but annoying which is why they use easy to remember things. It's also silly to say writing down passwords is bad or good. People are always going to use different systems which may or may not work well for someone else. I rotate my passwords and do not write them down, another person my just find this annoying. It's all subjective IMHO
Yep, as soon as Google runs out of innovative ideas then I'm sure it will run into trouble. It happens all the time, AOL and TimeWarner have just shown what happens when you stop doing as well as you were. Another example is Manchester Utd Football Club, they made large profits for years, even this year. However, this year they made a few million less profit and got bought out by Malcolm Glazer. Being a plc basically means your company is constantly up for sale + in danger of being taken over...
I'm not sure I agree with that actually. I'm not sure it's a case of being adverse to sarcasm though. I know people that hate sarcasm with a passion, they do understand what is being meant as much as anyone else though.
I'm also not convinced that postgrads and phd students do that much BS work to be honest. I'm not speaking from experience (I'm a first year undergraduate) but if I end up going further then it would be in a subject that interests me greatly, I would enjoy furthering my knowledge. I don't think phd students really get bad grades either to be honest, they are doing phds because they have shown to be some of the best of the crop of postgraduates.
That's the problem with plcs though, they always seem to need to make more and more profit. Especially in the computer industry share prices can drop so quickly with a few bad moves from the company. It's sad that people's livelihoods have to be jepordised just to constantly applease shareholders...
Understanding sarcasm is pretty interesting actually. I know people who have Phds but can not detect sarcasm at all. One of these guys is a lecturer of mine, obviously very bright in an academic way but anything vaguely sarcastic goes straight over his head. Interestingly, he also barely has a sense of humour either. I wonder what if anything makes the sarcasm part of the brain develop more or less. Would be very interesting to find out.
Also, people with asperger's syndrome have a similar problem with taking the literal meaning of things. Human brains are very strange and complicated indeed
If it was as simple as that then very few people would ever be pressurised into resigning. However, if they make your job (and subsequently your life) unbearable then you have to weigh up whether it is worth it. In many cases it wont be. If the guy had the balls to do the lecture in the cafe after it was cancelled twice then I doubt he was a pushover as you seem to be implying.
From what I understand the evidence for multiple intelligences comes from the fact that they don't significantly correlate. Improving one aspect will not improve another and you can't make yourself more intelligent overall by practising one specific thing. However, this is only one theory and there are others which suggest otherwise (this is just the one that i feel is most accurate)
You can dig a fair amount of info up on google. Information from universities and their lecturers is probably the best place to start
Hm, it's a subjective thing but according to psychologist Gardner there is: musical, linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthic and personal intelligence. If you are less than competant in any of these (except music) then you are always going to run into problems. I personally think it's unfair to compare different types of intelligence because it leads to snobbery. People think building a computer and being able to write an essay is intelligence (which i can do). However, I can't speak a 2nd language, build a house or play an instrument etc etc. Therefore I would not class myself (for example) as someone who was really intelligent, merely someone who has skills in specific areas...
Without nit picking too much, Asperger's definately doesn't mean above average intelligence. Although people with Asperger's are generally really good at logical subjects like physics, they are pretty much unable to grasp any subject that requires abstract thought. There's much evidence for multiple intelligences, ie people are not simply intelligent, they are intelligent in a particular respect. This means that those with Asperger's generally have more disadvantages to their intelligence than advantages...
I don't think it's about being happy, it's a combination of being satisfied, not knowing that there are alternatives and the effort needed to locate alternative software. Very few average users will know about Firefox etc let alone be aware of the pros/cons of using such software. In my opinion, people should be able to have a clear choice between software, because people generally will just use what is there. Messenger runs on startup by default and to disable it you have to run gpedit.msc, hardly clear and basic. We're talking about regular users, not/. readers here. If ICQ was included with Windows then I am 100% that would be the dominent messenger program. Consider how popular ICQ was before Messenger came along with Windows, the same with Netscape.
I personally don't think people are being idiots, not everyone has to be totally computer literate and aware of alternative software. For most home users 'word processer' is synonymous with Word and 'browser' with Internet Explorer. When my friends come to use my computer to use the net they generally look on the desktop for the non existant IE until I tell them to use Firefox as it's like IE. This would indicate to me that they don't realise that there are alternatives and that IE simply equals web browser. These are all uni students by the way so hardly your typical ignorant idiot I think
In my opinion this is a monopoly of sorts at least
Ahh. Bless MS and their iPod bashing! Let us not forget gems such as, 'Let a professional make your next playlist.' and '...some come with extra accessories like high-quality headphones, a belt clip, or an armband. Because most of these features are included at no additional cost, make sure the device you choose is filled with these fun extras.'
I felt so much more educated after reading that! I wish my iPod had fun extras and I wish a professional would make my playlist for me because I miss adverts before, after and during my music!
Microsoft has a large monopolist element though. The way in which they pretty much tie Windows users to Media Player, Messenger, Internet Explorer etc. Yeah their are alternatives but what incentive is there for your average user to download firefox, icq or real player (ok so that's not a bad thing!) MS products are used in also used in schools and buisneses, again, while there are alternatives, there is a serious 'locking in' going on which stifles the competition. If there wasn't such locking in then I think we'd find more competition from commercial companies (rather than OSS)
It's pretty sucky that if you want to buy music that you have to do it from iTunes but, at the end of the day it's DRM which is the big problem. Without getting into the ethics of it, why would anyone buy a crippled mp3 album for £8+ when you can buy an uncrippled cd for about £10? This is using UK pricing (which I understand is more expensive than US?) but nevertheless, considering you have to pay for the packaging and distribution for a cd then these prices are daylight robbery. This is especially true when considering that 95%+ of the music is available (illegally) elsewhere, without the DRM.
It's not a hard choice, DRM vs Free non DRM'd music vs non DRM'd CDs - online music stores come in serverely lagging in 3rd place!
I really hope something is done before we are given 'generous personal useage rights' on our audio cds. Online music stores could have been a very good move indeed but the implimentation has been totally shocking.
Yeah but they pretty much have to use the locked format because of licensing issues rather than any inherant desire for a less flexible product...
Getting round it is a rather large bonus though, if you're into that sort of thing
I'm a bit worried by the fact that the guy says he realised this 'in the process'. It's pretty obvious that you can't recall a rocket if it goes wrong, he almost implies that he hadn't considered this before!
I can just picture the scene where they're having the discussion, 'so, we can't release a patch for our rocket if it doesn't work? Not even using bitorrent?! Who'd have thought, comprehensive safety checks on an orbital rocket, what is the world coming to...'
Well, they doing the whole search engine thing, instant messaging, media player, games and other software. They also patented some form of emergency 911/999 software program thingy a while ago so they are pretty diverse compared to Google...
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Surely Google can't be that much of a threat to Microsoft? MS' dominence is built mostly on the popularity (+ lack of competition) of Windows, Office and other expensive items of software. I would be much more worried about OSS like Openoffice and Firefox than someone offering better webmail!
Besides, the MS search engine is always in with a chance of gaining popularity because of the fact that they integrate it into Windows. All they need is a product that is competitive. This has shown to be the case with MSN messenger (pretty much killed ICQ) and media player. People will just use whatever is there, as long as it works adequately. There's a limit to how much Google can actually grow, just as Microsoft have found. It's very rare that someone comes up with as innovative product as google's search. I would be surprised if they continued in this manner. Google is already scaring people with their new internet accelerator, soon most people will simply regard them as another annoying large company deperate to applease their shareholders...
Yeah, I like the part where they say they wont give your information to thrid parties. No mention of what they might do with the data themselves though.
I do like the idea of an accelerator for fast internet connections. Would definately get points from me for comedy value if I could get the conspiracy theories out of my head
Surely any legal problems that may occur would only do so between the software vendor and the patient holder? It would definately be morally wrong (even if not legally) to stop an organisation using a piece of software which has been in the public domain?
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I think the bigger point here is that most people don't care about passwords. They see them as necessary but annoying which is why they use easy to remember things. It's also silly to say writing down passwords is bad or good. People are always going to use different systems which may or may not work well for someone else. I rotate my passwords and do not write them down, another person my just find this annoying. It's all subjective IMHO
Yep, as soon as Google runs out of innovative ideas then I'm sure it will run into trouble. It happens all the time, AOL and TimeWarner have just shown what happens when you stop doing as well as you were. Another example is Manchester Utd Football Club, they made large profits for years, even this year. However, this year they made a few million less profit and got bought out by Malcolm Glazer. Being a plc basically means your company is constantly up for sale + in danger of being taken over...
I'm not sure I agree with that actually. I'm not sure it's a case of being adverse to sarcasm though. I know people that hate sarcasm with a passion, they do understand what is being meant as much as anyone else though.
I'm also not convinced that postgrads and phd students do that much BS work to be honest. I'm not speaking from experience (I'm a first year undergraduate) but if I end up going further then it would be in a subject that interests me greatly, I would enjoy furthering my knowledge. I don't think phd students really get bad grades either to be honest, they are doing phds because they have shown to be some of the best of the crop of postgraduates.
That's the problem with plcs though, they always seem to need to make more and more profit. Especially in the computer industry share prices can drop so quickly with a few bad moves from the company. It's sad that people's livelihoods have to be jepordised just to constantly applease shareholders...
Understanding sarcasm is pretty interesting actually. I know people who have Phds but can not detect sarcasm at all. One of these guys is a lecturer of mine, obviously very bright in an academic way but anything vaguely sarcastic goes straight over his head. Interestingly, he also barely has a sense of humour either. I wonder what if anything makes the sarcasm part of the brain develop more or less. Would be very interesting to find out.
Also, people with asperger's syndrome have a similar problem with taking the literal meaning of things. Human brains are very strange and complicated indeed
Their CEO has a very very long history of failed buisness ventures. Hard OCP reported this over 2 years ago and then Infinium tried to sue them.
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No surprise at all really. It's one of the biggest example of vapourware ever....
Here's the HardOCP article which they got sued for. Loads of dodgy looking stuff here:
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NTEyLDI=
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/02/20/infinium_
If it was as simple as that then very few people would ever be pressurised into resigning. However, if they make your job (and subsequently your life) unbearable then you have to weigh up whether it is worth it. In many cases it wont be. If the guy had the balls to do the lecture in the cafe after it was cancelled twice then I doubt he was a pushover as you seem to be implying.
From what I understand the evidence for multiple intelligences comes from the fact that they don't significantly correlate. Improving one aspect will not improve another and you can't make yourself more intelligent overall by practising one specific thing. However, this is only one theory and there are others which suggest otherwise (this is just the one that i feel is most accurate)
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You can dig a fair amount of info up on google. Information from universities and their lecturers is probably the best place to start
Here's one website that discusses intelligence: http://www.personalityresearch.org/papers/paik.ht
Hm, it's a subjective thing but according to psychologist Gardner there is: musical, linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthic and personal intelligence. If you are less than competant in any of these (except music) then you are always going to run into problems. I personally think it's unfair to compare different types of intelligence because it leads to snobbery. People think building a computer and being able to write an essay is intelligence (which i can do). However, I can't speak a 2nd language, build a house or play an instrument etc etc. Therefore I would not class myself (for example) as someone who was really intelligent, merely someone who has skills in specific areas...
Without nit picking too much, Asperger's definately doesn't mean above average intelligence. Although people with Asperger's are generally really good at logical subjects like physics, they are pretty much unable to grasp any subject that requires abstract thought. There's much evidence for multiple intelligences, ie people are not simply intelligent, they are intelligent in a particular respect. This means that those with Asperger's generally have more disadvantages to their intelligence than advantages...
I don't think it's about being happy, it's a combination of being satisfied, not knowing that there are alternatives and the effort needed to locate alternative software. Very few average users will know about Firefox etc let alone be aware of the pros/cons of using such software. In my opinion, people should be able to have a clear choice between software, because people generally will just use what is there. Messenger runs on startup by default and to disable it you have to run gpedit.msc, hardly clear and basic. We're talking about regular users, not /. readers here. If ICQ was included with Windows then I am 100% that would be the dominent messenger program. Consider how popular ICQ was before Messenger came along with Windows, the same with Netscape.
I personally don't think people are being idiots, not everyone has to be totally computer literate and aware of alternative software. For most home users 'word processer' is synonymous with Word and 'browser' with Internet Explorer. When my friends come to use my computer to use the net they generally look on the desktop for the non existant IE until I tell them to use Firefox as it's like IE. This would indicate to me that they don't realise that there are alternatives and that IE simply equals web browser. These are all uni students by the way so hardly your typical ignorant idiot I think
In my opinion this is a monopoly of sorts at least
Ahh. Bless MS and their iPod bashing! Let us not forget gems such as, 'Let a professional make your next playlist.' and '...some come with extra accessories like high-quality headphones, a belt clip, or an armband. Because most of these features are included at no additional cost, make sure the device you choose is filled with these fun extras.'
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I felt so much more educated after reading that! I wish my iPod had fun extras and I wish a professional would make my playlist for me because I miss adverts before, after and during my music!
Microsoft has a large monopolist element though. The way in which they pretty much tie Windows users to Media Player, Messenger, Internet Explorer etc. Yeah their are alternatives but what incentive is there for your average user to download firefox, icq or real player (ok so that's not a bad thing!) MS products are used in also used in schools and buisneses, again, while there are alternatives, there is a serious 'locking in' going on which stifles the competition. If there wasn't such locking in then I think we'd find more competition from commercial companies (rather than OSS)
It's pretty sucky that if you want to buy music that you have to do it from iTunes but, at the end of the day it's DRM which is the big problem. Without getting into the ethics of it, why would anyone buy a crippled mp3 album for £8+ when you can buy an uncrippled cd for about £10? This is using UK pricing (which I understand is more expensive than US?) but nevertheless, considering you have to pay for the packaging and distribution for a cd then these prices are daylight robbery. This is especially true when considering that 95%+ of the music is available (illegally) elsewhere, without the DRM. It's not a hard choice, DRM vs Free non DRM'd music vs non DRM'd CDs - online music stores come in serverely lagging in 3rd place! I really hope something is done before we are given 'generous personal useage rights' on our audio cds. Online music stores could have been a very good move indeed but the implimentation has been totally shocking.
Yeah but they pretty much have to use the locked format because of licensing issues rather than any inherant desire for a less flexible product... Getting round it is a rather large bonus though, if you're into that sort of thing
I'm a bit worried by the fact that the guy says he realised this 'in the process'. It's pretty obvious that you can't recall a rocket if it goes wrong, he almost implies that he hadn't considered this before! I can just picture the scene where they're having the discussion, 'so, we can't release a patch for our rocket if it doesn't work? Not even using bitorrent?! Who'd have thought, comprehensive safety checks on an orbital rocket, what is the world coming to...'
Well, they doing the whole search engine thing, instant messaging, media player, games and other software. They also patented some form of emergency 911/999 software program thingy a while ago so they are pretty diverse compared to Google...
I think it's because Dogs need constant attention and maintenence, much like MS' software
Surely Google can't be that much of a threat to Microsoft? MS' dominence is built mostly on the popularity (+ lack of competition) of Windows, Office and other expensive items of software. I would be much more worried about OSS like Openoffice and Firefox than someone offering better webmail! Besides, the MS search engine is always in with a chance of gaining popularity because of the fact that they integrate it into Windows. All they need is a product that is competitive. This has shown to be the case with MSN messenger (pretty much killed ICQ) and media player. People will just use whatever is there, as long as it works adequately. There's a limit to how much Google can actually grow, just as Microsoft have found. It's very rare that someone comes up with as innovative product as google's search. I would be surprised if they continued in this manner. Google is already scaring people with their new internet accelerator, soon most people will simply regard them as another annoying large company deperate to applease their shareholders...
Yeah, I like the part where they say they wont give your information to thrid parties. No mention of what they might do with the data themselves though. I do like the idea of an accelerator for fast internet connections. Would definately get points from me for comedy value if I could get the conspiracy theories out of my head
Surely any legal problems that may occur would only do so between the software vendor and the patient holder? It would definately be morally wrong (even if not legally) to stop an organisation using a piece of software which has been in the public domain?