Does no one care that the quality of light emitted by CFL's and LED's is garbage? I'm willing to pay more for these technologies, but not with the dramatic downgrade in light quality.
Who was the f*ing genius who thought it was a good idea to write a high performance computing application in Java?!?"
My Boss: "I Agree. I personally would have copy-pasted the records into this slick little Excel sheet i made, and clicked the "sort A-Z" button. Done and done. This programming stuff is easy!"
As everyone can plainly see, "Just don't **** that way" is really showing some serious game and is poised for a title shot. For those scoring at home, "You insensitive clod" has had the crown for a while after it soundly defeated then-reigning champ "My eyes, the goggles do nothing!". But don't rest on your laurels, "Just don't", because wily veteran "You must be new here" is poised for a serious comeback, after it's mauling of midland "I, for one".
The tesla is faster 0-60....and close in quarter mile. MotorTrend recorded the Tesla 0-60 mph of 3.70 seconds, quarter-mile test at 12.6 sec. The "Super Snake" (honestly, Freud must be rolling over in his grave) does 0-60 in 4.1 with a 12.0 sec quarter mile.
Several of these "Top" companies have offices or HQ in my area of the country, MN. I have many friends and acquaintances that work at these companies (General Mills, Thomson Rueters, Medtronic) and rave about their job satisfaction. A telling sign is the turnover of these people is markedly low. Compare that to other companies in my area like Best Buy, Target, Accenture, or United Health Group. People I know in these companies almost universally hate the conditions and culture. Turnover is high. None of these companies grace this list.
So I guess my point is by my small, non-scientific, anecdotal sampling, this list is accurate enough for me to start looking at the job postings of these companies.
Typical humans (non/.-ers, like us) are more familiar with gigabytes, because that is base unit of measure used in today's PCs. e.g. 6 GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive.
The blogger intentionally used GB in order to express the size of the data relative to today's average PC, because she knows her audience. Imagine that.
Dr Evil: "I demand 100 Petabytes!"
Tim Robbins: "That number doesn't exist! It's like saying I want a kajillion bajillion gigabytes!"
Disclaimer: I did not mean to imply you were Dr. Evil.
As a web developer, I agree MS has been awful at standards compliance up to and including IE6. However, they are steadily improving. I find it much easier to get a site to render properly in IE8 than in previous versions. Their recent Acid test scores support this:
IE7 passes Acid1, fails Acid2
IE8 passes Acid1 and Acid2, fails Acid3 (21/100 for me)
FF3.6.3 passes Acid2, nearly passes Acid3 (94/100 for me)
Opera and Chrome pass Acid3
Passing Acid2 was the big one for me. This makes sense, as Acid2 focuses on basic CSS compliance while Acid3 focuses on more cutting-edge web tech, per wikipedia.
MS Research produces a lot of cool stuff, but very little of it is made into products. There's a lot of stuff that Microsoft could commercialise, but with Windows and Office subsidising everything there's little incentive for them to bother.
It's not like they don't try. For example just give me one reason why this commercial for MS Song Smith was not effective. I'm no marketing mavin, but I, for one, find this to be sheer brilliance.
Pfft. 57KB Javascript? Shoulda just made a couple pngs.:-)
In all seriousness though, wouldn't it be more efficient to dynamically render the image server side, serve up that image, and cache it for future requests?
...I clearly am missing the point of this demo, so be gentle.
So add anywhere from 0% (a few states), to 5-10% to the actual price that Americans pay.
Unless you buy online from a retailer that doesn't have a physical building in your state. In that case you pay no sales tax at checkout, no matter which state you live in. Technically, you are supposed keep track of and pay in these taxes when you do your yearly tax return, but no one does that.:-)
You could learn from PizzaAnalogyGuy. Here's a guy who reuses his Pizza Analogy Engine for every post, thus making him more profitable (with his moddings, if you will).
I disagree that police officers are the better solution for enforcing speed. Here are a couple of reasons:
1) If there is a pull over (of someone else) during rush hour, it doubles my commute due to the gawker slowdown. This happens to me frequently. Not so much for enforcing speed, but for enforcing the carpool lane (which also should be done with cameras, IMHO)
2) If Chief Wiggum is sitting in the median waiting for speeders, he is not adding of the benefits of a patrolling officer. He is simply a less-efficient replacement for a camera. So if there are cameras, he can be left to actually protect and serve. Unless the only reason he was hired was to garner speeding tickets. hmm....
I work in a "Trendy Open European-Style Office". Only one problem: My office is in America, land of the "I can yell like a dooshbag on my fucking bluetooth headset cuz its free country!"
Yesterday, ESPN told me I could watch video of a baseball game live on ESPN3.com. However, when I clicked the video, it said that my ISP was not an "ESPN3 affiliated service provider".
I am guessing ESPN3 charges ISP's to access the video streams, not unlike how broadcasting companies charge cable / satellite companies to carry their channels.
I think we all share a laugh when data service providers complain about being dumb pipes, because that is exactly what they are and should be. But if this move is successful for a monster like ESPN, expect others to follow....not good for us consumers.
Wasn't the lack of multitasking a feature that made the iPad and iPhone so great?
Not particularly..
Actually, Apple did spin lack of multitasking as sort of a 'feature' back in the Iphone 3G launch. See this blog of the Iphone 3G launch. Scroll down to 11:00 AM:
Scott [Forrestal of iPhone software development] says the wrong solution is background processes. It kills battery life and performance in other applications. Microsoft uses a task manager with a horrifying interface in Windows Mobile. "This is nuts."
I remember finding this spin particularly silly....but purchased one regardless....Stupid Jobs and his Jedi mind trick:-)
I am guessing your company creates Class II or Class III medical devices. A hearing instrument is Class I, and thus has far less stringent FDA requirements.
It is a medical device which means that it is subject to insane levels of litigation. Mostly you are probably paying for insurance.
It is a medical device which means that it is subject to insane markups. Mostly they are probably paid for by insurance, so there is little attention paid to cost by consumers.
There, I fixed that for you.
Mostly they are NOT paid for by insurance, so there is little attention paid to cost.
And in response to Dick’s comment about Tablets and Office, I’ll simply point to this product called OneNote that was essentially created for the Tablet and is a key part of Office today
Tablet Team: Wow, Office Team, thanks. OneNote! Wow! What say you toss in Works and Clippy and we'll get out of your hair. What do you think?
Employee: See, the thing is — and I don’t know how much you know about it — it’s all stored in a database on the backend. Literally everything. Your messages are stored in a database, whether deleted or not. So we can just query the database, and easily look at it without every logging into your account. That’s what most people don’t understand..
Is this a cover of "Duh" magazine??? This holds true for just about every content / banking / email /....ANY website ever created!! Does this guy know how websites work??? Did his uncle get him a job there???
Indeed, this very message...its now been persisted to a...*ghasp*.... database!
I've seen management boggled by the fact that a Windows SA doesn't know anything about tuning an Oracle database. "But you're IT!"
This expectation to "To know and fix everything that plugs in, at zero cost" is prevalent and morally crushing.
Offtopic, but I can one up you: I (web developer) was once asked by a huffy finance higher-up where the light bulbs were....apparently a couple were out in a conference room right before a big meeting. I would have helped if I knew, but when I politely said "I don't know", I got the "But you're IT!".
That's nice. I personally buy mid-range stuff because I am not audiophile enough justify paying for "the best", but have a good enough ear to dislike most speakers sold at WalMart.
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Does no one care that the quality of light emitted by CFL's and LED's is garbage? I'm willing to pay more for these technologies, but not with the dramatic downgrade in light quality.
Who was the f*ing genius who thought it was a good idea to write a high performance computing application in Java?!?"
My Boss: "I Agree. I personally would have copy-pasted the records into this slick little Excel sheet i made, and clicked the "sort A-Z" button. Done and done. This programming stuff is easy!"
As everyone can plainly see, "Just don't **** that way" is really showing some serious game and is poised for a title shot. For those scoring at home, "You insensitive clod" has had the crown for a while after it soundly defeated then-reigning champ "My eyes, the goggles do nothing!". But don't rest on your laurels, "Just don't", because wily veteran "You must be new here" is poised for a serious comeback, after it's mauling of midland "I, for one".
Here's my ride. Look for it passing you on the highway.
Prepare to get dusted by hippies at red lights.
The tesla is faster 0-60....and close in quarter mile. MotorTrend recorded the Tesla 0-60 mph of 3.70 seconds, quarter-mile test at 12.6 sec. The "Super Snake" (honestly, Freud must be rolling over in his grave) does 0-60 in 4.1 with a 12.0 sec quarter mile.
Several of these "Top" companies have offices or HQ in my area of the country, MN. I have many friends and acquaintances that work at these companies (General Mills, Thomson Rueters, Medtronic) and rave about their job satisfaction. A telling sign is the turnover of these people is markedly low. Compare that to other companies in my area like Best Buy, Target, Accenture, or United Health Group. People I know in these companies almost universally hate the conditions and culture. Turnover is high. None of these companies grace this list.
So I guess my point is by my small, non-scientific, anecdotal sampling, this list is accurate enough for me to start looking at the job postings of these companies.
Typical humans (non /.-ers, like us) are more familiar with gigabytes, because that is base unit of measure used in today's PCs. e.g. 6 GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive.
The blogger intentionally used GB in order to express the size of the data relative to today's average PC, because she knows her audience. Imagine that.
Dr Evil: "I demand 100 Petabytes!"
Tim Robbins: "That number doesn't exist! It's like saying I want a kajillion bajillion gigabytes!"
Disclaimer: I did not mean to imply you were Dr. Evil.
Passing Acid2 was the big one for me. This makes sense, as Acid2 focuses on basic CSS compliance while Acid3 focuses on more cutting-edge web tech, per wikipedia.
MS Research produces a lot of cool stuff, but very little of it is made into products. There's a lot of stuff that Microsoft could commercialise, but with Windows and Office subsidising everything there's little incentive for them to bother.
It's not like they don't try. For example just give me one reason why this commercial for MS Song Smith was not effective. I'm no marketing mavin, but I, for one, find this to be sheer brilliance.
Pfft. 57KB Javascript? Shoulda just made a couple pngs. :-)
...I clearly am missing the point of this demo, so be gentle.
In all seriousness though, wouldn't it be more efficient to dynamically render the image server side, serve up that image, and cache it for future requests?
So add anywhere from 0% (a few states), to 5-10% to the actual price that Americans pay.
Unless you buy online from a retailer that doesn't have a physical building in your state. In that case you pay no sales tax at checkout, no matter which state you live in. Technically, you are supposed keep track of and pay in these taxes when you do your yearly tax return, but no one does that. :-)
You could learn from PizzaAnalogyGuy. Here's a guy who reuses his Pizza Analogy Engine for every post, thus making him more profitable (with his moddings, if you will).
I disagree that police officers are the better solution for enforcing speed. Here are a couple of reasons:
1) If there is a pull over (of someone else) during rush hour, it doubles my commute due to the gawker slowdown. This happens to me frequently. Not so much for enforcing speed, but for enforcing the carpool lane (which also should be done with cameras, IMHO)
2) If Chief Wiggum is sitting in the median waiting for speeders, he is not adding of the benefits of a patrolling officer. He is simply a less-efficient replacement for a camera. So if there are cameras, he can be left to actually protect and serve. Unless the only reason he was hired was to garner speeding tickets. hmm....
Obviously...People that modded this +3 funny did not read the FIRST SENTENCE of the FTA. I didn't know Dane Cook read /.
You get cubes? Lucky.
I work in a "Trendy Open European-Style Office". Only one problem: My office is in America, land of the "I can yell like a dooshbag on my fucking bluetooth headset cuz its free country!"
Sigh...My kingdom for a cube.
Yesterday, ESPN told me I could watch video of a baseball game live on ESPN3.com. However, when I clicked the video, it said that my ISP was not an "ESPN3 affiliated service provider".
I am guessing ESPN3 charges ISP's to access the video streams, not unlike how broadcasting companies charge cable / satellite companies to carry their channels.
I think we all share a laugh when data service providers complain about being dumb pipes, because that is exactly what they are and should be. But if this move is successful for a monster like ESPN, expect others to follow....not good for us consumers.
Not particularly..
Actually, Apple did spin lack of multitasking as sort of a 'feature' back in the Iphone 3G launch. See this blog of the Iphone 3G launch. Scroll down to 11:00 AM:
Scott [Forrestal of iPhone software development] says the wrong solution is background processes. It kills battery life and performance in other applications. Microsoft uses a task manager with a horrifying interface in Windows Mobile. "This is nuts."
I remember finding this spin particularly silly....but purchased one regardless....Stupid Jobs and his Jedi mind trick :-)
Smarter people know its not a good idea to start smoking.
...And thus "dumber" people die off faster. I know this is harsh, but this is Darwinism at work.
I am guessing your company creates Class II or Class III medical devices. A hearing instrument is Class I, and thus has far less stringent FDA requirements.
It is a medical device which means that it is subject to insane levels of litigation. Mostly you are probably paying for insurance.
It is a medical device which means that it is subject to insane markups. Mostly they are probably paid for by insurance, so there is little attention paid to cost by consumers.
There, I fixed that for you.
Mostly they are NOT paid for by insurance, so there is little attention paid to cost.
There fixed that for you.
Which is kind of insane thinking about it, a hearing aid is different from a heart stint with magnitudes order different levels of risk.
...Which is why hearing instruments are class I medical devices and stents are class III. A basic synopsis here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_device#Class_I:_General_Controls
...Cut a hole in a box.
Step 2: Put your junk in that box.
Step 3: Make her open the box.
And thats the way you do it.
And in response to Dick’s comment about Tablets and Office, I’ll simply point to this product called OneNote that was essentially created for the Tablet and is a key part of Office today
Tablet Team: Wow, Office Team, thanks. OneNote! Wow! What say you toss in Works and Clippy and we'll get out of your hair. What do you think?
Office Team: Enjoy the OneNote. And wash my car.
Employee: See, the thing is — and I don’t know how much you know about it — it’s all stored in a database on the backend. Literally everything. Your messages are stored in a database, whether deleted or not. So we can just query the database, and easily look at it without every logging into your account. That’s what most people don’t understand..
Is this a cover of "Duh" magazine??? This holds true for just about every content / banking / email / ....ANY website ever created!! Does this guy know how websites work??? Did his uncle get him a job there???
...*ghasp*.... database!
Indeed, this very message...its now been persisted to a
Chuck Norris! Chuck Norris! ITS NOT WORKING!!!
I've seen management boggled by the fact that a Windows SA doesn't know anything about tuning an Oracle database. "But you're IT!"
This expectation to "To know and fix everything that plugs in, at zero cost" is prevalent and morally crushing.
Offtopic, but I can one up you: I (web developer) was once asked by a huffy finance higher-up where the light bulbs were....apparently a couple were out in a conference room right before a big meeting. I would have helped if I knew, but when I politely said "I don't know", I got the "But you're IT!".
That's nice. I personally buy mid-range stuff because I am not audiophile enough justify paying for "the best", but have a good enough ear to dislike most speakers sold at WalMart.