interference can occur due to proximity to other electronic devices, which is why Logitech recommends that you keep the receiver 8 inches (20 cm) away from your monitor or computer.
Who has that much room on their desk? Especially room that is also 8+ inches away from any other electronic equipment? I've got printers, a scanner, a KVM switch, a phone, a stereo and speakers. Unless I tape the receiver to the side of my head, I've got nowhere to put it.
Slashdot also has Google ads... no wait, slashdot is Google ads. Or ads for Google anyway.
Anyone care to work out the ratios of Slashdot stories per company? With all these "Google employee's cat stuck up tree again" stories, 10 bucks says Google comes out miles in front...
Who needs to sue? Copyright infringement is a criminal offence, not civil. They may choose not to go after you for loss of earnings, but rather simply collect enough evidence to link the crime and the offender, and pass it on to the relevant authorities as a criminal case. Much easier to do that in a bulk scale, and let the justice system deal with the millions of new cases. And they can take as long as [insert appropriate Statute of Limitations for your jurisdiction here] says they can, to do it...
Looking at post-secondary curriculum I see nothing but Java being taught
Maybe you should look a little harder. The uni I went to as a student (and later returned to as a Lecturer) offered courses in concepts, and the language chosen was just "the right tool for the job". Sure, Java was on the menu, but there was a whole gamut of languages on offer in the subjects available, including M68K assembly and C, plus Haskell, Perl, Python, etc. etc. etc. Some subjects even allowed students to choose the language (within reason).
If you want to be a code-monkey there are plenty of technical colleges that you can go to to learn language X. If you want to be a computer scientist you go to uni and actually learn how computers work, and happen to learn languages X, Y and Z in the process. It's the difference between becoming a plumber, and becoming an engineer working on a city-wide stormwater system. At the end of the day, you only need the knowledge and training to do the job you want, no more.
Think about it - if every IT worker was as good as you or me, how would we stand out above the rest? Industry needs code-monkeys just like it needs engineers.
The real worry is not the lack of IT professionals, but rather the lack of keen, young, fresh and still clueless recently graduated computer science graduates to hire for peanuts and milk for all they're worth.
It's not a lack, but rather an imbalance. They're all working for EA.
Plus it's a bitch to snort out without popping the keys off...
Oh, you mean the softdrink?
Seriously, I agree. I once spilt two tiny drops of Coca-Cola on the number pad of a Microsoft Natural keyboard, and the entire thing broke. Half the keys stopped working entirely, the others resulted in single or multiple keystrokes being entered for a different key... and that included keys that were as far away from the numberpad as it was possible to get (eg. I think my 'Q' thought it was a 'K', and the 'Z' was now three 'N's)...
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I'd rather have someone checkin' out my jimmah...
As an asside...
Freudian slip, perhaps?
To mis-quote John McEnroe:
"C'mon, you cannot be Sirius!"
Have you tried Coca-Cola or any of these other recommendations?
I wonder how this new Logitech gear would fare in the "college party" test...
interference can occur due to proximity to other electronic devices, which is why Logitech recommends that you keep the receiver 8 inches (20 cm) away from your monitor or computer.
Who has that much room on their desk? Especially room that is also 8+ inches away from any other electronic equipment? I've got printers, a scanner, a KVM switch, a phone, a stereo and speakers. Unless I tape the receiver to the side of my head, I've got nowhere to put it.
Personally I'm hoping for a pile of old Amiga titles, so I can play Xenon on the Xenon...
Given that Xenon is one of the noble gases in the periodic table, would it be appropriate to suggest this may be "vapourware"?
In Soviet Russia, electricity outs YOU!
Well, someone had to say it...
I've never known anyone who is really passionate about windows
That's absoultely not true. Plenty of people here hate it with a passion.
Excellent... wasted bandwidth and more spam. Hooray.
You'll forgive me for not being overly excited about this story. C'mon slashdot, this is a new low, even for you...
Slashdot also has Google ads... no wait, slashdot is Google ads. Or ads for Google anyway.
Anyone care to work out the ratios of Slashdot stories per company? With all these "Google employee's cat stuck up tree again" stories, 10 bucks says Google comes out miles in front...
Who needs to sue? Copyright infringement is a criminal offence, not civil. They may choose not to go after you for loss of earnings, but rather simply collect enough evidence to link the crime and the offender, and pass it on to the relevant authorities as a criminal case. Much easier to do that in a bulk scale, and let the justice system deal with the millions of new cases. And they can take as long as [insert appropriate Statute of Limitations for your jurisdiction here] says they can, to do it...
They're right, this changes nothing. At the end of the day someone is still hosting the infringing material, and they're in the firing line.
Looking at post-secondary curriculum I see nothing but Java being taught
Maybe you should look a little harder. The uni I went to as a student (and later returned to as a Lecturer) offered courses in concepts, and the language chosen was just "the right tool for the job". Sure, Java was on the menu, but there was a whole gamut of languages on offer in the subjects available, including M68K assembly and C, plus Haskell, Perl, Python, etc. etc. etc. Some subjects even allowed students to choose the language (within reason).
If you want to be a code-monkey there are plenty of technical colleges that you can go to to learn language X. If you want to be a computer scientist you go to uni and actually learn how computers work, and happen to learn languages X, Y and Z in the process. It's the difference between becoming a plumber, and becoming an engineer working on a city-wide stormwater system. At the end of the day, you only need the knowledge and training to do the job you want, no more.
Think about it - if every IT worker was as good as you or me, how would we stand out above the rest? Industry needs code-monkeys just like it needs engineers.
The real worry is not the lack of IT professionals, but rather the lack of keen, young, fresh and still clueless recently graduated computer science graduates to hire for peanuts and milk for all they're worth.
It's not a lack, but rather an imbalance. They're all working for EA.
I don't see why they're marking it as insightful either...
driver no.
firmware, well that's a different kettle of fish...
Actually, aluminium is sufficient for a Faraday Cage to keep the WiFi in. The mind-control rays, on the other hand...
Well, imagine for a moment that you're an angry male teenager midway through puberty.
That's a real stretch of the imagination... How on Earth do you expect us to find one of those on slashdot?
...when someone's finally going to implement the tag.
Hmmm, a link that works perhaps?
Perhaps you should try one of these.
As do I. I'm sick of getting tea leaves in my hash...
Especially given that both editors appear to be online at the same time (eg. two each of the latest four articles).
Plus it's a bitch to snort out without popping the keys off...
Oh, you mean the softdrink?
Seriously, I agree. I once spilt two tiny drops of Coca-Cola on the number pad of a Microsoft Natural keyboard, and the entire thing broke. Half the keys stopped working entirely, the others resulted in single or multiple keystrokes being entered for a different key... and that included keys that were as far away from the numberpad as it was possible to get (eg. I think my 'Q' thought it was a 'K', and the 'Z' was now three 'N's)...
AFAIK the editorial team don't go looking for articles, they wait for YOU the reader to submit them.
Well, they certainly don't edit any submissions either - look at all the dupes, headline typos, etc... so what do they actually do again?