1. The programer gets fired 2. The manager will "start a full and thorough investigation" 3a) The manager finds out that it was a programing error:
I) The manager tells upper management that "he already dealt with the problem and that person is gone". 3b) It was a design spec issue/other problem
I) The manager tells upper management that "it was a design issue" and that "he already dealt with the problem and that person is gone". 4) And if the manager hasn't resigned yet, he is still at the company making big bucks.
TLDR version: The manager rarely loses his job over such things.
No no no! They didn't say Windows was the only vendor, but replacing Windows with another OS (Linux in this case) isn't feasible.
The cost to renew a contract with Microsoft is only the cost of the contract, the cost to change to Linux would be way higher, since you have to replace your whole application platform, teach the users how to use Linux and all the new apps, teach the techies the ins and outs of Linux etc. etc. etc.
This isn't so easy as just installing a new operation system and be done with it. That's why Windows is currently the only solution until they get the money to replace the whole platform. But try to explain that to the Bundesrat (the federal council of Switzerland) and the swiss parliament.
And btw, if you are Swiss and it means so much to you, you can always start an initiative, but I want to see how you explain the higher cost to the swiss people and why they sould bother.
In the end the Swiss government is right: At the moment there is no competitor, as bad as it is, and they won't be able to explain to anybody (except geeks of course) why they should spend so much more money. In the end I'm sure you could save money, but try to explain that to people who first plan to build two tunnels through the same mountain and in the middle decide to abandon one because "it's too expensive" (they soon *have* to finish the second one because traffic is so bad, but now it will cost way more).
The problem with OpenGL performance in WINE is that it runs on X11 (which is FUBAR too for some reasons, at least the one from Apple) and doesn't use the native Quartz driver.
It is in the works though (for more see the Quartz Driver page in the official WINE wiki. It isn't included yet in the official version of WINE, but you can find a guide on the page how to install it.
I usually just type in Firefox 'wiki [thing I like to know]' (the same as typing it into the Google search field and clicking "I'm feeling lucky") and it gets me directly to the wiki page.
Yes, while thats true, by the end of the year we only have a rifle at home, but no ammunition for it... (Yes, that's right. You *have* to take your rifle home, but you can't take any ammo with it)
Blizzard actually worked together with Cedega to fix the problem when the Linux users got flagged.
They problems are now fixed, or at least I never heard of it again.
I won't comment on all your points, but you got one point wrong:
Your assertion that if you switch to RSS then Microsoft will block your RSS feed is utter nonsense. How exactly is this going to work? Some hook into the TCP-IP stack? Does Microsoft control the RSS reader? Even the one built into IE doesn't work like this.
That's not his problem. He sends out e-mails to people with sites to work around "corporate policies" or the great chinese (fire-)wall. The producer of this blocking softwares would just block his page (or have already done so) and his users couldn't get the informations. For once Microsoft isn't involved in the game.
(Found somewhere on bash.org)
Oy! Maybe my job does rock.
Da Fluke network tester (a $6000 Gameboy wannabe) was broken today since someone took the lithium batteries out of it and neglected to put them back in the case.
We had to test out the connection between floors 2&4, going through floor 3 in the process.
so I tell da b0ss that the Network tester is dead... And I need to generate network traffic so I can see the stats on the switches and routers, make sure no packets are being killed prematurely.
So he sayz "How much is that tester worth?", I say "6K". He says "Great!".
he picks up his office phone, hits the global annoucement button, and says "Floors Two, Three, and Four, our IT Admin requires that you generate network traffic for equipment testing. Grab Half Life off my network share, I'll host". He hangs up and says "Happy?", I say "that works".
The rest of the afternoon was dedicated to a rather large Half Life MP game on Crossfire:).
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Not entirely.
If they wouldn't hide, everyone (nearly everyone I assume) would drive as fast as they can, and if they see a cop, slow down. That's not the point. When you hide, then more people will drive at the speed limit, just because it would be possible that they could be catched.
This wouldn't be possible in WoW. You can't open something from your addon that wasn't in your Interface-directory when you start WoW. Of course, you can copy paste the infos into a specific file in your Addon and reload the UI, but looking up the informations and reloading the UI... You will be dead.
And the other problem is that you won't see the names of the other team until the match starts, so withouth cheating it won't be possible.
Who says I couldn't think it up myself? The fact that someone else has patented a technology before me doesn't mean that no-one else could think it up themselves. And anyway, why should they even have to ? Why shouldn't they be able to leverage that discovery, and figure out something else , and add to collective knowledge? That's the best way to deliver rapid technological progress, not by patenting things. That slows things down.
Company A has 100 workers and 100 researchers and invents a new, innovativ product. Now without patents, Company B stepps up and says "Thanks" and produces the product with their 100 workers and because they can afford 100 marketing people instead of researchers, they will sell the product and Company A has spent a lot money didn't recieve anything.
Who would now invent in such a world? There are a lot of things that you can't invent in your garage, but if you could, then I agree, then patents are worthless.
They seem to miss one thing all the time: They increase the sale with P2P, too!
Sometimes you hear from a friend or so about that artist, and you go and download one song. If you like it, you go directly to your favourite online store and buy an album of that artist. You would have never bought a CD from that artist if you didn't had the chance to listen to him befor!
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Oh that's an easy one!
1. The programer gets fired
2. The manager will "start a full and thorough investigation"
3a) The manager finds out that it was a programing error:
I) The manager tells upper management that "he already dealt with the problem and that person is gone".
3b) It was a design spec issue/other problem
I) The manager tells upper management that "it was a design issue" and that "he already dealt with the problem and that person is gone".
4) And if the manager hasn't resigned yet, he is still at the company making big bucks.
TLDR version: The manager rarely loses his job over such things.
No no no! They didn't say Windows was the only vendor, but replacing Windows with another OS (Linux in this case) isn't feasible.
The cost to renew a contract with Microsoft is only the cost of the contract, the cost to change to Linux would be way higher, since you have to replace your whole application platform, teach the users how to use Linux and all the new apps, teach the techies the ins and outs of Linux etc. etc. etc.
This isn't so easy as just installing a new operation system and be done with it. That's why Windows is currently the only solution until they get the money to replace the whole platform. But try to explain that to the Bundesrat (the federal council of Switzerland) and the swiss parliament.
And btw, if you are Swiss and it means so much to you, you can always start an initiative, but I want to see how you explain the higher cost to the swiss people and why they sould bother.
In the end the Swiss government is right: At the moment there is no competitor, as bad as it is, and they won't be able to explain to anybody (except geeks of course) why they should spend so much more money. In the end I'm sure you could save money, but try to explain that to people who first plan to build two tunnels through the same mountain and in the middle decide to abandon one because "it's too expensive" (they soon *have* to finish the second one because traffic is so bad, but now it will cost way more).
Let me add Switzerland to your list. If you only speak English, you are not alone here.
Then they have to pickup some other skills!
Like cooking for us, rubbing the backs of us high skilled people or beeing a professional in cleaning keyboards from coffee investation!
No, it isn't. In fact since around 1968. See Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin
It is degree Celsius or Fahrenheit, but Kelvin is just, well, Kelvin.
The order also requires Google to turn over copies of all videos that it has taken down for any reason
So does that now basically mean that Google has to infringe on other copyright holders by "distributing" these videos to Viacom?
You could also take a look at the total download count (around 29 million right now).
But considering they claim they have 180 million users that's still not a lot.
The problem with OpenGL performance in WINE is that it runs on X11 (which is FUBAR too for some reasons, at least the one from Apple) and doesn't use the native Quartz driver.
It is in the works though (for more see the Quartz Driver page in the official WINE wiki. It isn't included yet in the official version of WINE, but you can find a guide on the page how to install it.
I usually just type in Firefox 'wiki [thing I like to know]' (the same as typing it into the Google search field and clicking "I'm feeling lucky") and it gets me directly to the wiki page.
Also World of Warcraft is hosted on Telia. There is a message about this since some time.
Yes, while thats true, by the end of the year we only have a rifle at home, but no ammunition for it... (Yes, that's right. You *have* to take your rifle home, but you can't take any ammo with it)
Blizzard actually worked together with Cedega to fix the problem when the Linux users got flagged. They problems are now fixed, or at least I never heard of it again.
Your assertion that if you switch to RSS then Microsoft will block your RSS feed is utter nonsense. How exactly is this going to work? Some hook into the TCP-IP stack? Does Microsoft control the RSS reader? Even the one built into IE doesn't work like this.
That's not his problem. He sends out e-mails to people with sites to work around "corporate policies" or the great chinese (fire-)wall. The producer of this blocking softwares would just block his page (or have already done so) and his users couldn't get the informations. For once Microsoft isn't involved in the game.
Don't tell me that. I'm from Switzerland, and most US people point at Sweden when asked where Switzerland is.
I hope that Americans know there continent better then Europeans do.
The new owner of uTorrent is BitTorrent, Inc.
So uTorrent is now owned by Bram Cohen, the one who wrote the protocol.
But how should my squirrel power my PC then?
Once in school we had an introduction to SQL. After two hours of dicussion how you should say "SQL" we started with some simple querys.
He tried to explain us the concept of ROLLBACKS and COMMITs, but he didn't realize that MySQL had auto commit enabled...
(Found somewhere on bash.org) :).
Oy! Maybe my job does rock.
Da Fluke network tester (a $6000 Gameboy wannabe) was broken today since someone took the lithium batteries out of it and neglected to put them back in the case.
We had to test out the connection between floors 2&4, going through floor 3 in the process.
so I tell da b0ss that the Network tester is dead... And I need to generate network traffic so I can see the stats on the switches and routers, make sure no packets are being killed prematurely.
So he sayz "How much is that tester worth?", I say "6K". He says "Great!".
he picks up his office phone, hits the global annoucement button, and says "Floors Two, Three, and Four, our IT Admin requires that you generate network traffic for equipment testing. Grab Half Life off my network share, I'll host". He hangs up and says "Happy?", I say "that works".
The rest of the afternoon was dedicated to a rather large Half Life MP game on Crossfire
Where are my mod points?
Not entirely.
If they wouldn't hide, everyone (nearly everyone I assume) would drive as fast as they can, and if they see a cop, slow down. That's not the point. When you hide, then more people will drive at the speed limit, just because it would be possible that they could be catched.
This wouldn't be possible in WoW. You can't open something from your addon that wasn't in your Interface-directory when you start WoW. Of course, you can copy paste the infos into a specific file in your Addon and reload the UI, but looking up the informations and reloading the UI... You will be dead.
And the other problem is that you won't see the names of the other team until the match starts, so withouth cheating it won't be possible.
Company A has 100 workers and 100 researchers and invents a new, innovativ product. Now without patents, Company B stepps up and says "Thanks" and produces the product with their 100 workers and because they can afford 100 marketing people instead of researchers, they will sell the product and Company A has spent a lot money didn't recieve anything.
Who would now invent in such a world? There are a lot of things that you can't invent in your garage, but if you could, then I agree, then patents are worthless.
But... will it run on linux? Or do I need first some wine?
They seem to miss one thing all the time: They increase the sale with P2P, too!
Sometimes you hear from a friend or so about that artist, and you go and download one song. If you like it, you go directly to your favourite online store and buy an album of that artist. You would have never bought a CD from that artist if you didn't had the chance to listen to him befor!
It's time that they get there facts right...