I leave my phone on vibrate, but I work in a building with radio shielding (we are right next to a major radio broadcast tower). So my phone will often go into searching mode and kill its battery. So I leave it plugged in durring the day. Unfortunately, as soon as you plug the phone into the charger, vibrate mode gets disabled. A royal annoyance.
Don't outsource overseas when timing and collaboration are a primary concern. In the world of in house custom app development, any money saved on over seas outsourcing labor will be lost in delays, communication break downs, and lack of understanding. Not saying that developers overseas are worse, just that when you are rebuilding an invoicing system it is much easier if you can talk to the accounting/leasing departments directly and they can tell you immediately if something breaks.
Smokers take their 15 minute morning and afternoon breaks. And they will band together to ensure that no one imposes rules against them. Hell, unions have even been used to protect the glorious smoke break. But what about non-smokers? Ever since I quite smoking I have also quit taking 15 minute breaks. Now, when I need a break, I hit slash dot, check my email, and try to let my brain relax. So yeah, some hard ass could can me for "abusing web privledges", but I can point out to him how my web browsing is inplace of smoking, and by browsing the web I am saving him thousands of dollars in sick time and increased health insurance premiums.
Well it makes sence. If The purchasing company has it's own internal support (payroll, HR, accounting, building services, etc...) and they can easily enough merge those tasks from the new company into their company, why pay for the extra support?
It's not like they're canning the technical workers with a very narrow employability range. They are laying off the administration and support staff that under the merger would have multiple people doing the same job. And most of the people have widely marketable skills. A good HR manager is going to be desired by any company with HR needs, whether it's a tech company, a food processing company, or an underwater basket weaving company.
I can't think of anything off the top of my head that broke in 1.1 from 1.0. There were some minor tweeks, corrections, and additions, but nothign that would require a complete rewrite.
2.0 is a completely new version however, and there are differences. I'm stuck still working in 1.0/1.1 so I can't attest to any specific syntax difference, but there are some slight changes in design fundamentals.
Maybe I'm completely off base, but I think I remember hearing that if you don't defend your trade mark, you can lose your rights to it. Patents should be the same way, if you knowingly allow your patent to be infringed apon for 3 years and never so much as mention it to the infringer, why should you have the right to sue?
This is already the case with any phone call you make. The police can pull the luds on the phone and know what numbers you called and for how long. They have no idea on the content how ever. And I don't believe they need a warrent to get this information.
This is the same thing only for email. Instead of a list of numbers, they get a list of email address and times that you've sent stuff too. No content, no subject lines.
Just Jimmy@MyMail.com emailed Jonna@YourMail.com at 9:37pm on 02/06/2006.
This isn't a trimming for appearance, the is the buy out. Oracle bought Siebel. Both companies have accounting departments, human resources, upper management, accounts recievable, etc... There is no need to have 2 seperate accounting departments when 1 can run it just fine.
And beside, it's not like they are getting dumped into a saturated market. Silicon Valley has thousands of openings in other tech companies. Most of these people will get snatched up by Google (1000+ openings), Yahoo (500+ openings), and Sales Force (150+ openings). http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/09/technology/busines s2_orcllayoffs/index.htm
Is it really that good? I mean, I've seen some movies and shots and what not, but all it looks like it running around trying to wack over sized monsters in glowie spots...
Yeah how about not. You see those prices in parenthesis, those are the actual retail list price, or the amount you would pay in a store with no incentives.
I can show you prices from three of the largest retailers (Walmart, BestBuy, and Amazon.com), I can show you their full retail price, and I can show you their actual online price. What I can't show you is a single VHS tape that is cheaper then the same video on DVD. Sure, there may be a handful out there, but I haven't seen any.
In any case, this is way off my original point, HD-DVDs will come down in price to be competitive with SD-DVDs. And it will take time for them to become the new standard medium.
Okay, so no amazon, how about Walmart? Millions of people shop at Walmart. Surely the worlds largest retailer is an acceptable source of multiple pieces of anecdotal evidence.
I hate to prove you completely wrong but... wait, I don't have proving you completely wrong, it's kinda entertaining in an "I'm better than you" kind of way.
Here are 2 links to amazon.com. both for the movie "War of the Worlds" (the most resent version). On VHS the movie costs $28.49, on DVD the movie costs $19.99. Now, those are both mark down prices, and both "retail" (like anyone pays this value) for $29.99.
"Congratulations, you've managed to backpedal enough that you've said absolutely nothing at all. That's what I call +5 Insightful!"
Okay Ass clown, remember way back up at the top of this thread where I said:
"Nah, prices will come down because they will have to compete against standard DVDs for quite a few years (until HD TV penetration gets significantly higher)."
That is not a freaking back pedal, that is a reiteration of the exact same damn point.
"And DVDs had a lot of easily definable drawbacks to the consumer as well."
Kind of, yes, they scratch relatively easy, but they come with cases. And they are significantly more resiliant to physical shock (like dropping) then VHS. And VHS was extremely expensive to copy to begin with also (similar to copying BlueRays in the near future I would imagine). And what happened? Over a period of 10 years, DVDs have (almost) completely replaced VHS.
"Bullshit. HDTVs start at about $400 RIGHT NOW"
True, you can get a bargain basement el-crapola 24" HD-TV with out a Tuner card. Jumping up a few inches and adding a tuner will get you into the $600-$700 range. A Cheap 48" + DLP projection is going to run you $1700+. A 42" LCD is going to be $2750+. And you won't find a 50" Plasma for under $3000. So I'm pretty sure it is your numbers that are coated in anal grease.
"Also, as for features other than picture quality, you'll also have better sound (likely lossless), much more space for extras, far more advanced menu system, unscratchable discs, etc."
My DVD has dts 7.1, if it is lossey my ears can't detect it. And what do I want advanced menus for? I want to be able to press play and watch my movie.
"Last but not least, it doesn't matter that HDTVs are more expensive. In a year or two, you won't be able to buy a NON-HD TV."
Which is exactly the point I started with. HD content WILL become the standard, BUT for now, it needs to compete against SD and DVDs, and for the majority of consumers, prices are too high. So prices will drop, that's the joy of supply/demand. Manufacturers are reving up production, but consumer interest will be low while the marginal cost is higher then the benefit they recieve.
Are VHSs cheaper at this point? It's getting harder to even find VHS gear. And the reason I wasn't including them in the comparison is that I've already explained how a DVD provides a significant improvement to the consumer with out a large investment.
VHS - Crappy Quality - Tiny/No Investment (existing VHS deck and TV) DVD - Improved Quality and features - Minimum Investment (new $100 player)
HD/BlueRay - DVD Quality, no new features - Moderate Investment (new $200 player and more expencive disks)
HD/BlueRay - Higher Quality, no new features - Large Investment (new $200 player, new HD TV, and more expencive disks)
So IF you already have a HD TV, it's not that bad of a deal, it's still more expencive then DVDs, but you get the better quality. If you don't have an HD TV (like the majority of consumers) then there is no advantage to HD/BlueRay over DVDs.
Not quite. All BROADCAST will be HD. The deadline has already past twice I believe, it just keeps getting extended anyways. Anyone who uses Cable or Satellite will be completely unaffected by the change. Even those people who do depend on OTA TV Broadcast will be able to get a HT->Standard adapter for next to nothing thanks to the government subsidies.
It's going to be a while before HD TVs hold the majority of the market share.
And that is exactly my point. For the next few years DVDs will still be a common item. Take a look at VHS, here it is, roughly 10 years after DVDs came out, and VHS decks are finally disappearing. And DVD's had a lot of easily definable benefits to the consumer. Better picture quality, no degradation, no eaten tapes, no demagnetizing, added content, etc... HDs and Blue Rays offer improved video quality that the majority of consumers can't currently use.
So there is very little incentive for a consumer to buy a $24 HD-DVD instead of a $12 DVD if in order to get the sole added benefit of a better picture they are also required to buy a $200 deck and a $1500+ TV.
I'm not saying HD's will NOT take off, I'm saying it's going to take time. And so long as they are not priced competitively with DVDs and provide an obvious improvement to the consumer, there sales will likely be slow.
I understand where you are coming from (I drive a 2 seat mid engine automobile myself). But in this case, I wonder just how much pressure the MPAA is putting on the industry to get high penetration. The built in DRMs have to make the MPAA, and if everyone does upgrade to HD TVs and new disks, what effect will it have on media sharing? Will people still download low quality divx'd movies when their TVs are capable of so much more? Will broad band improve to the point that piping a 12gig movie P2P would be acceptable?
Anyways, I think there is a strong motivation to get significant penetration.
I'd even be happy with a CLR or VM (ala.Net or Java) that would take care of the compilation. If they could get the.Net framework to run on it, I can think of a few apps I would be up for redesigning to take advantage of the multi-threading advantages.
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I leave my phone on vibrate, but I work in a building with radio shielding (we are right next to a major radio broadcast tower). So my phone will often go into searching mode and kill its battery. So I leave it plugged in durring the day. Unfortunately, as soon as you plug the phone into the charger, vibrate mode gets disabled. A royal annoyance.
-Rick
You guys are kinda creepy...
-Rick j/k
Step #2 for you is going to be discussing an 'Open relationship' with your g/f. ;)
-Rick
Don't outsource overseas when timing and collaboration are a primary concern. In the world of in house custom app development, any money saved on over seas outsourcing labor will be lost in delays, communication break downs, and lack of understanding. Not saying that developers overseas are worse, just that when you are rebuilding an invoicing system it is much easier if you can talk to the accounting/leasing departments directly and they can tell you immediately if something breaks.
-Rick
Smokers take their 15 minute morning and afternoon breaks. And they will band together to ensure that no one imposes rules against them. Hell, unions have even been used to protect the glorious smoke break. But what about non-smokers? Ever since I quite smoking I have also quit taking 15 minute breaks. Now, when I need a break, I hit slash dot, check my email, and try to let my brain relax. So yeah, some hard ass could can me for "abusing web privledges", but I can point out to him how my web browsing is inplace of smoking, and by browsing the web I am saving him thousands of dollars in sick time and increased health insurance premiums.
-Rick
Well it makes sence. If The purchasing company has it's own internal support (payroll, HR, accounting, building services, etc...) and they can easily enough merge those tasks from the new company into their company, why pay for the extra support?
It's not like they're canning the technical workers with a very narrow employability range. They are laying off the administration and support staff that under the merger would have multiple people doing the same job. And most of the people have widely marketable skills. A good HR manager is going to be desired by any company with HR needs, whether it's a tech company, a food processing company, or an underwater basket weaving company.
-Rick
Brush up your resume.
-Rick
Most of the positions these people held (so far as I have heard) are not specilized technical, they are administrative support.
-Rick
I can't think of anything off the top of my head that broke in 1.1 from 1.0. There were some minor tweeks, corrections, and additions, but nothign that would require a complete rewrite.
2.0 is a completely new version however, and there are differences. I'm stuck still working in 1.0/1.1 so I can't attest to any specific syntax difference, but there are some slight changes in design fundamentals.
-Rick
Bandaides and Klenex too.
-Rick
Maybe I'm completely off base, but I think I remember hearing that if you don't defend your trade mark, you can lose your rights to it. Patents should be the same way, if you knowingly allow your patent to be infringed apon for 3 years and never so much as mention it to the infringer, why should you have the right to sue?
-Rick
This is already the case with any phone call you make. The police can pull the luds on the phone and know what numbers you called and for how long. They have no idea on the content how ever. And I don't believe they need a warrent to get this information.
This is the same thing only for email. Instead of a list of numbers, they get a list of email address and times that you've sent stuff too. No content, no subject lines.
Just Jimmy@MyMail.com emailed Jonna@YourMail.com at 9:37pm on 02/06/2006.
-Rick
This isn't a trimming for appearance, the is the buy out. Oracle bought Siebel. Both companies have accounting departments, human resources, upper management, accounts recievable, etc... There is no need to have 2 seperate accounting departments when 1 can run it just fine.
s s2_orcllayoffs/index.htm
And beside, it's not like they are getting dumped into a saturated market. Silicon Valley has thousands of openings in other tech companies. Most of these people will get snatched up by Google (1000+ openings), Yahoo (500+ openings), and Sales Force (150+ openings). http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/09/technology/busine
-Rick
Is it really that good? I mean, I've seen some movies and shots and what not, but all it looks like it running around trying to wack over sized monsters in glowie spots...
-Rick
Yeah how about not. You see those prices in parenthesis, those are the actual retail list price, or the amount you would pay in a store with no incentives.
I can show you prices from three of the largest retailers (Walmart, BestBuy, and Amazon.com), I can show you their full retail price, and I can show you their actual online price. What I can't show you is a single VHS tape that is cheaper then the same video on DVD. Sure, there may be a handful out there, but I haven't seen any.
In any case, this is way off my original point, HD-DVDs will come down in price to be competitive with SD-DVDs. And it will take time for them to become the new standard medium.
-Rick
Okay, so no amazon, how about Walmart? Millions of people shop at Walmart. Surely the worlds largest retailer is an acceptable source of multiple pieces of anecdotal evidence.
Polar Express
DVD: 10.88 (16.97)
VHS: 18.28 (22.99)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
DVD: 13.72 (20.98)
VHS: 20.58 (22.95)
The Constant Gardener
DVD: 18.88 (29.98)
VHS: 20.48 (29.98)
Players: (from bestbuy)
VHS: 66.99 (kinda hard to find just a stripped down VHS player)
DVD: 39.99 (el cheap-o model)
And just for fun(from BestBuy), Blanks
VHS: 1.83 (10.99 for a 6 pack standard 120 minute)
DVD: 0.80 (19.99 for a 25 pack 4x 4.7gb/120 minute)
So yes, I can see how VHS tapes are half the cost of DVDs and anyone interested in saving money is still using VHS.
-Rick
I hate to prove you completely wrong but... wait, I don't have proving you completely wrong, it's kinda entertaining in an "I'm better than you" kind of way.
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Here are 2 links to amazon.com. both for the movie "War of the Worlds" (the most resent version). On VHS the movie costs $28.49, on DVD the movie costs $19.99. Now, those are both mark down prices, and both "retail" (like anyone pays this value) for $29.99.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005JNTI/ref=p
-Rick
Correct, I misspoke. All broadcast will be moved to a different frequency range where current SD tramission will no longer be possible.
-Rick
"Congratulations, you've managed to backpedal enough that you've said absolutely nothing at all. That's what I call +5 Insightful!"
Okay Ass clown, remember way back up at the top of this thread where I said:
"Nah, prices will come down because they will have to compete against standard DVDs for quite a few years (until HD TV penetration gets significantly higher)."
That is not a freaking back pedal, that is a reiteration of the exact same damn point.
"And DVDs had a lot of easily definable drawbacks to the consumer as well."
Kind of, yes, they scratch relatively easy, but they come with cases. And they are significantly more resiliant to physical shock (like dropping) then VHS. And VHS was extremely expensive to copy to begin with also (similar to copying BlueRays in the near future I would imagine). And what happened? Over a period of 10 years, DVDs have (almost) completely replaced VHS.
"Bullshit. HDTVs start at about $400 RIGHT NOW"
True, you can get a bargain basement el-crapola 24" HD-TV with out a Tuner card. Jumping up a few inches and adding a tuner will get you into the $600-$700 range. A Cheap 48" + DLP projection is going to run you $1700+. A 42" LCD is going to be $2750+. And you won't find a 50" Plasma for under $3000. So I'm pretty sure it is your numbers that are coated in anal grease.
"Also, as for features other than picture quality, you'll also have better sound (likely lossless), much more space for extras, far more advanced menu system, unscratchable discs, etc."
My DVD has dts 7.1, if it is lossey my ears can't detect it. And what do I want advanced menus for? I want to be able to press play and watch my movie.
"Last but not least, it doesn't matter that HDTVs are more expensive. In a year or two, you won't be able to buy a NON-HD TV."
Which is exactly the point I started with. HD content WILL become the standard, BUT for now, it needs to compete against SD and DVDs, and for the majority of consumers, prices are too high. So prices will drop, that's the joy of supply/demand. Manufacturers are reving up production, but consumer interest will be low while the marginal cost is higher then the benefit they recieve.
-Rick
Are VHSs cheaper at this point? It's getting harder to even find VHS gear. And the reason I wasn't including them in the comparison is that I've already explained how a DVD provides a significant improvement to the consumer with out a large investment.
VHS - Crappy Quality - Tiny/No Investment (existing VHS deck and TV)
DVD - Improved Quality and features - Minimum Investment (new $100 player)
HD/BlueRay - DVD Quality, no new features - Moderate Investment (new $200 player and more expencive disks)
HD/BlueRay - Higher Quality, no new features - Large Investment (new $200 player, new HD TV, and more expencive disks)
So IF you already have a HD TV, it's not that bad of a deal, it's still more expencive then DVDs, but you get the better quality. If you don't have an HD TV (like the majority of consumers) then there is no advantage to HD/BlueRay over DVDs.
-Rick
Not quite. All BROADCAST will be HD. The deadline has already past twice I believe, it just keeps getting extended anyways. Anyone who uses Cable or Satellite will be completely unaffected by the change. Even those people who do depend on OTA TV Broadcast will be able to get a HT->Standard adapter for next to nothing thanks to the government subsidies.
It's going to be a while before HD TVs hold the majority of the market share.
-Rick
If I don't f'ing buy one, and 90% of consumers don't f'ing buy one, then it'll be an f'ing issue for the manufacturers.
Not saying I won't EVER buy one, just that at the moment DVD's are a more economicly efficient means of entertainment for the average consumer.
-Rick
And that is exactly my point. For the next few years DVDs will still be a common item. Take a look at VHS, here it is, roughly 10 years after DVDs came out, and VHS decks are finally disappearing. And DVD's had a lot of easily definable benefits to the consumer. Better picture quality, no degradation, no eaten tapes, no demagnetizing, added content, etc... HDs and Blue Rays offer improved video quality that the majority of consumers can't currently use.
So there is very little incentive for a consumer to buy a $24 HD-DVD instead of a $12 DVD if in order to get the sole added benefit of a better picture they are also required to buy a $200 deck and a $1500+ TV.
I'm not saying HD's will NOT take off, I'm saying it's going to take time. And so long as they are not priced competitively with DVDs and provide an obvious improvement to the consumer, there sales will likely be slow.
-Rick
I understand where you are coming from (I drive a 2 seat mid engine automobile myself). But in this case, I wonder just how much pressure the MPAA is putting on the industry to get high penetration. The built in DRMs have to make the MPAA, and if everyone does upgrade to HD TVs and new disks, what effect will it have on media sharing? Will people still download low quality divx'd movies when their TVs are capable of so much more? Will broad band improve to the point that piping a 12gig movie P2P would be acceptable?
Anyways, I think there is a strong motivation to get significant penetration.
-Rick
I'd even be happy with a CLR or VM (ala .Net or Java) that would take care of the compilation. If they could get the .Net framework to run on it, I can think of a few apps I would be up for redesigning to take advantage of the multi-threading advantages.
-Rick