First off, the main car they use is a Brabus (a modified Mercedes) which usually costs around $200,000 without all that fancy electronics. That car will give you the smoothest ride you can imagine. Being a ~$300,000 car with all the electronics, it's made for someone who can afford to pay someone to drive them around. The electronics are all mostly in the back seat and are designed for the passengers. The driver doesn't have anything special. He's there to drive.
I guess I don't get it. A major portion of the articles posted on Slashdot are quite a few days old if not several weeks. Stories are rejected when they are submitted at times when they are actually news and just end up rejected. Later, someone posts the same story a couple days later (or even a few weeks later) by someone else. What in the world is going on? What's the point of me coming to this website when I've already heard about most of the stuff days or weeks ago? This post about the "16 Cell Phones In Parallel Net Access" in Megacar is only about a year old. Get it together and cut this crap or change the "News for Nerds" slogan. It's getting lame.
This is such a new invention. Miscrosoft most be so happy to create something so revolutionary. I never thought something like this would come around. Oh, wait. Microsoft is only a couple years behind the competition on this. They're called ASPs (Application Service Providers) if you didn't already know. (Not to mention that no Microsoft server would be able to support this kind of network)
Canada has a higher percentage of citizens using high-bandwidth internet connections than the United States. I wish I had the exact numbers with me, but Canada is leading by far.
These exact monitors were slashdotted back in February. http://slashdot.org/articles/00/02/19/1217254.shtm l Come on guys, this is really getting lame.
I think people should just realize, that with age, comes management positions, so get over it:). You can't code forever
You sure can code forever. I know plenty of people who do and won't except management positions and they don't want them at all. They like to code, and they are the best at it. You need the people who really know what they are doing programming because the truth is that not everyone can think and program as the other person. A manager can't sit by you all day and tell you what you should be programming. Those thinkers need to be doing the programming and leaving the business up to those who really know business. Seriously, the best companies run like this.
My dad is in his mid 40's and has been programming for more than 20 years now in the Valley. I have yet to see a younger programmer more "valued" then he is. Not only does he have more experience, but also he really knows what he is doing. That's what it is really all about. No company wants to voluntarily give him up. After a startup he was in was bought-out by one of the valley's long-time companies, he was "valued" much better than any of the other programmers by far (which went in age range all the way down to the low 20's.) He currently puts in well over 40 hours a week, something you wouldn't expect a veteran to do. Another/. post says that when the writer reaches 40 he is going to tell his boss that he isn't going to work more than 40 hours a week. This person is literally screwing himself over (and saying many things to his boss and his company that he doesn't realize.) Programmers are valued because they are veterans, but if you show that you don't care about things, especially the company, you might was well take up a different occupation because you're digging yourself a hole. Dedication and knowledge are the key here. If you have those two things, you're in. Companies really do know who those people are, and they aren't about to not accept you just because you're older.
While so many musicians are attacking MP3's and Napster, Limp Bizkit has decided to support them. In addition, "Napster, securing its reputation for supplying free music to fans, will fund Bizkit's month-long tour for $1.8 million. The band will play 24 free shows in 3,000 to 5,000 seat ampitheaters in 10 cities, including Boston, New York, and San Francisco." According to an article at wired, Fred Durst, told a news conference that Napster was a great way for fans to sample an album before buying it. "I would think the only people worried about that are people that are really worried about their bank accounts," he said. Isn't this cool?
Manual comes from Middle English manuel, from Middle French, from Latin manualis, from manus hand. So etymologically, manual (in the adjective form) refers to something relating to, or involving the hands. Now, when we move to manual as a noun, it has taken on the meaning of a book. It is a special kind of book though, "a book that is conveniently handled; especially : HANDBOOK." Further, a handbook is "a book capable of being conveniently carried as a ready reference." (Handbook goes back to manual; they are synonymous.) From what we have learned now, a manual is something that you take with you and can easily be used in your hands. That is why they have so much over anything on a computer. Many have already said that the computers are not portable, they hurt your eyes etc so I won't go into that.
I dislike even the ebook devices (whatever they are called.) A book is a book and nothing else will ever be a book. It is something that can't be compared, you can scribble on it (as said in other posts), you can put your own markers in it to "search to," and the feeling of holding and reading a book is something special unlike anything else.
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First off, the main car they use is a Brabus (a modified Mercedes) which usually costs around $200,000 without all that fancy electronics. That car will give you the smoothest ride you can imagine. Being a ~$300,000 car with all the electronics, it's made for someone who can afford to pay someone to drive them around. The electronics are all mostly in the back seat and are designed for the passengers. The driver doesn't have anything special. He's there to drive.
I guess I don't get it. A major portion of the articles posted on Slashdot are quite a few days old if not several weeks. Stories are rejected when they are submitted at times when they are actually news and just end up rejected. Later, someone posts the same story a couple days later (or even a few weeks later) by someone else. What in the world is going on? What's the point of me coming to this website when I've already heard about most of the stuff days or weeks ago? This post about the "16 Cell Phones In Parallel Net Access" in Megacar is only about a year old. Get it together and cut this crap or change the "News for Nerds" slogan. It's getting lame.
this is why you use the preview button
dead Jackass penguins, i hope tux is one of them, i don't like him much.
This is such a new invention. Miscrosoft most be so happy to create something so revolutionary. I never thought something like this would come around. Oh, wait. Microsoft is only a couple years behind the competition on this. They're called ASPs (Application Service Providers) if you didn't already know. (Not to mention that no Microsoft server would be able to support this kind of network)
Canada has a higher percentage of citizens using high-bandwidth internet connections than the United States. I wish I had the exact numbers with me, but Canada is leading by far.
MS makes some great keyboards and mice. Where will these go?
You know, just because some topic has ever been mentioned on slashdot before, doesn't make it a duplicate.
Actually, if you would read, you would see that that is exactly what it is.
On a side not, CmdrTaco posted both of these stories about the same exact LCD screen.
These exact monitors were slashdotted back in February. http://slashdot.org/articles/00/02/19/1217254.shtm l Come on guys, this is really getting lame.
I think people should just realize, that with age, comes management positions, so get over it :). You can't code forever
You sure can code forever. I know plenty of people who do and won't except management positions and they don't want them at all. They like to code, and they are the best at it. You need the people who really know what they are doing programming because the truth is that not everyone can think and program as the other person. A manager can't sit by you all day and tell you what you should be programming. Those thinkers need to be doing the programming and leaving the business up to those who really know business. Seriously, the best companies run like this.
My dad is in his mid 40's and has been programming for more than 20 years now in the Valley. I have yet to see a younger programmer more "valued" then he is. Not only does he have more experience, but also he really knows what he is doing. That's what it is really all about. No company wants to voluntarily give him up. After a startup he was in was bought-out by one of the valley's long-time companies, he was "valued" much better than any of the other programmers by far (which went in age range all the way down to the low 20's.) He currently puts in well over 40 hours a week, something you wouldn't expect a veteran to do. Another /. post says that when the writer reaches 40 he is going to tell his boss that he isn't going to work more than 40 hours a week. This person is literally screwing himself over (and saying many things to his boss and his company that he doesn't realize.) Programmers are valued because they are veterans, but if you show that you don't care about things, especially the company, you might was well take up a different occupation because you're digging yourself a hole. Dedication and knowledge are the key here. If you have those two things, you're in. Companies really do know who those people are, and they aren't about to not accept you just because you're older.
While so many musicians are attacking MP3's and Napster, Limp Bizkit has decided to support them. In addition, "Napster, securing its reputation for supplying free music to fans, will fund Bizkit's month-long tour for $1.8 million. The band will play 24 free shows in 3,000 to 5,000 seat ampitheaters in 10 cities, including Boston, New York, and San Francisco." According to an article at wired, Fred Durst, told a news conference that Napster was a great way for fans to sample an album before buying it. "I would think the only people worried about that are people that are really worried about their bank accounts," he said. Isn't this cool?
Manual comes from Middle English manuel, from Middle French, from Latin manualis, from manus hand. So etymologically, manual (in the adjective form) refers to something relating to, or involving the hands. Now, when we move to manual as a noun, it has taken on the meaning of a book. It is a special kind of book though, "a book that is conveniently handled; especially : HANDBOOK." Further, a handbook is "a book capable of being conveniently carried as a ready reference." (Handbook goes back to manual; they are synonymous.) From what we have learned now, a manual is something that you take with you and can easily be used in your hands. That is why they have so much over anything on a computer. Many have already said that the computers are not portable, they hurt your eyes etc so I won't go into that.
I dislike even the ebook devices (whatever they are called.) A book is a book and nothing else will ever be a book. It is something that can't be compared, you can scribble on it (as said in other posts), you can put your own markers in it to "search to," and the feeling of holding and reading a book is something special unlike anything else.
Excuse me if I babbled too much.