They only have a few places from my campus but on other campuses they have quite a few, and they've been around since at least last fall... possibly longer (I really don't know)
Cisco seems to have underestimated their market share influence in technology.
Rightfully so, innovation will win every time (something which should give the open source community some hope, I suppose)... sometimes it is a slow process.
I think Cisco is starting that road, and in a decade may wind up in the same spot as Novell... unless they can come up with their own innovations!
As an aspiring comic myself, I have to say the concept is pretty good (of flexible license as opposed to copyright)... one of my larger worries is that my actual comics (not just the sketches on my art site)... will be stolen and/or plagerized, this provides at least a source for advice and subject for consideration.
If you didn't read the article and are a comic or other artist, it's worth a read through!
... Profit leads to greed, greed leads to envy, envy leads to hatred, and HATE... LEADS TO SUFFERING!
EHEH!
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As an aspiring comic, I understand the desire for compensation but I'd publish my comic for free [well, cost, whatever] (my sketches are all on deviantArt, the real comics aren't posted because I am compiling a bunch so I can actually make a book-size compilation)
You made a funny!... er, oh, you were serious... *backs away slowly*
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It is rather cool, all jokes aside, indeed, that I could pay my astronaut friends (if I ever find any) to throw my Great Space Toaster out the "window" (see also: airlock) so that I can remote control my orbital mind control lasers without that 2 seconds of lag.
How else are we going to have a cool cinematic view of the earth for post apocolyptic movies where the human race was almost entirely wiped out by an alien race... come on now!
Likewise, taking forever to reach other planets isn't too swell either.
Long live warp and wormhole theory, we should slow down poking around space (as people, not slow down in probing, mind you)... until we can do anything but crawl...
Aye, there are, I've studied social implications to colors, which is rather what I was referring to. This is rather why I made my post to begin with. Obviously the color red doesn't mean "attention" for absolutely no reason.
So, yes, there is the connotation of stop / go, but this is NOT the primary American schema of red and green.
The important point (red) was already made, it involved correcting the author of the paper's selection of connotation, he selected the wrong implication.... anyway, if you'd like more information, Google "color psychology" and check it out, you are quite likely to find the same things I've just said, but with many more examples.
Cheers!
(PS, this rather falls into the realm of cognitive psychology, and in a sense the color connotations of other cultures cognitive anthropology, both are younger fields but you may find additional data under these topics)
A lot of companies put a lot of stock in image, I can certainly understand this (especially in certain industries, for example, the defense industry)
These sorts of things should definately be taken on a 'as it becomes a problem' basis. Tattoos, not a big deal, ear rings, not a big deal...
There is just an unprofessional feel (IMHO) than other piercings (tongue, nose, eyebrow, the visible ones, whatever is hidden is YOUR business)... in my opinion... it may fit some industries or companies just fine, but in others it will not be taken well.
I, personally, enjoyed dressing up even when I didn't have to. It helped me to feel professional and psychologically helped me perform better, I think.
... and I wouldn't mind submitting in them, chances are most of my CSCI professors already have OO or wouldn't be daunted by an OO file, but I don't submit office-type documents to them, sadly (well, or not so sadly as the case may be)
Some of the cognitive science professors I have had, however, can barely find the power button. They are who I have to be concerned with on issues of conversion;)
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Cheer up, though, if the open source claims are right and the market share will yield to freedom and no cost solutions, then the days of these problems (and arguments) are limited.
I, as a pessimist, don't believe that open source will put much more than a chink in the armor of the big corporations... because people are suckers. Perhaps this is less pessimism and more realism...
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Even if open source software is superior (not saying it is, but lets grant that premise)... so we'll say it is... most companies seem full of people who really aren't too keen on a change in brands of coffee in the coffee room, much less a change in something that they have to put effort in learning (even if it is the same bloody setup)... the mindset that they need to "learn" something is intimidating enough...... and these shared generalizations about the instinct of most people against change are enough to keep managers from being even more evasive to change...
I am rambling, however...:)
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On a more on-our-specific-topic note... I doubt you have to worry about getting a lot of DOC files, anyway, unless you have people write proofs in *shudder* equation editor.
If you do, may God have mercy on your soul.
Cheers, once more!
1. Google needs to find and kill keyword-filled spam/malware/whatever pages. Not just remove them from their search list, but murder the people who started them.
2. Google needs to filter responses based on ad content. If there are a ton of ads, chances are, the site is bupkiss and its priority should be massively downgraded.
3. Google needs to filter based on ownership by holding companies. These cybersquatters should be downgraded in response priority and their pets should be sterlized or neutered to control the pet population.
4. Google needs to get back in the kitchen and make me a pie.
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Fix those things, then perhaps we should worry about statistical analysis... (but hey, thats just me)
IMHO, if you want accurate stats and information, go to a library...
That is what I was referring to, aye, I would export from OO to DOC and that's where I had the formatting issues in question.
Minor enough, unless you are doing something extensive (I haven't tried exporting mail merge documents or anything of the sort, no real call for me to make such things anymore... so I really don't know the extent of where it is lacking or excellent in those areas)...
Listen, old bean, I am not bashing Open Office... likewise, RTF and HTML do not retain all formatting, PDF will, this is true, but PDF is not editable.
Likewise, many of my friends use Open Office (which is why I decided to try it, actually)... but I don't think I'm going to ask a prospective employer, my boss (unless I know them really well), or my professors to install it.
Your argument that if you use a native format, there won't be compatability issues is perfectly valid, however it rather misses the point.
Compatability issues occur when you go outside of a native environment, that is the nature of these issues.
The usage of red and green determines the meaning, if the higher statistic was red, it wouldn't be the "bad" effect he is stating.
The statement that green is good, red is bad, is not really true. Red is an attention getter, Green is an easy, inobtrusive color (relaxing, generally).
While it is easy enough to make the leap that 'red' is bad because red is often an 'alert' color, the reason red is an alert color is because it is an attention getter, not because it means bad.
Why else do you think so many people drive red sports cars? If red was bad, why wouldn't they drive green ones?... and the graphs aren't necessarily misleading in the aspect of spacing, the graph seems to be trying to show the ratio of difference, not the difference amount.... aside from what looks like a bad example of bad examples... there are some good points in the article...
Natural language processing put to bad use!
on
The Evil in E-Mail
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This is an example of an unfortunate consequence of modern technology, increasing security 'fears' (I won't say if they are legit or not, I don't know), and (what could be considered) unscrupulous programmers....
While I can't find it, I seem to recall some earlier report stating that some young programmer had created a program that would sift through old case files from dead or dry cases and find leads (anyone have a link to this?)... which is basically what they'd be doing with our E-mails, to try and find links.
There will probably be "misses" (false leads)... and I really can't see this as anything but a bad idea without some sort of aggregate threat counter or something of the sort, but... I do babble on.
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Suffice it to say, this is scary, but what isn't these days...
Slashdot Mirror
ha! :) --- I didn't even realize how that sounded... (embarassing, I know) but I'd mod you funny if I could ;)
At present, more aspiring to be a comic, I figure if I can come up with enough ideas I won't suck for a year or two if I try to do anything with it.
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Indeed, it is hard to protect a joke or likeness, impossible even...
Just because it is hard, though, doesn't mean it shouldn't be done... artists need food, same as anyone else
This isn't exactly new, at least insofar as I've experienced it in college life, quite a few places have online ordering around me.
There is even a consolidated website for placing orders... http://www.campusfood.com/
They only have a few places from my campus but on other campuses they have quite a few, and they've been around since at least last fall... possibly longer (I really don't know)
Either you move with the times or you lose.
:)
Cisco seems to have underestimated their market share influence in technology.
Rightfully so, innovation will win every time (something which should give the open source community some hope, I suppose)... sometimes it is a slow process.
I think Cisco is starting that road, and in a decade may wind up in the same spot as Novell... unless they can come up with their own innovations!
Cheers
As an aspiring comic myself, I have to say the concept is pretty good (of flexible license as opposed to copyright)... one of my larger worries is that my actual comics (not just the sketches on my art site) ... will be stolen and/or plagerized, this provides at least a source for advice and subject for consideration.
If you didn't read the article and are a comic or other artist, it's worth a read through!
... Profit leads to greed, greed leads to envy, envy leads to hatred, and HATE... LEADS TO SUFFERING!
EHEH!
===
As an aspiring comic, I understand the desire for compensation but I'd publish my comic for free [well, cost, whatever] (my sketches are all on deviantArt, the real comics aren't posted because I am compiling a bunch so I can actually make a book-size compilation)
I just want to make people laugh!
That wasn't quite stickmen ;)
;)
Certainly not animation mastery, but that style of animation has its own sort of cute appeal, even if it wasn't incredibly funny
I agree, but I think the emphasis needs to be on coming up with something original.
;) )
;)
Every Disney film has exactly the same morals and characters as other Disney films, just with differnt names and appearances.
I'd watch animated stick figures if there was some actual depth to it all, I mean, I realize it is intended for children and all, but MAN!
(on a semi-related note, I wouldn't pay $8 to see stickmen in a theater regardless of how good the plot was, even I have principles
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Good post, though, old bean, cheers
Indeed, I can see it now!
YURI! DO NOT KNOCK ON ACK-NO! YOU ARE VERY IDIOT! AHH!
(crack)
(fwloomp sound of the entire contents of Mir being pushed out into space in a matter of a second)
You made a funny! ... er, oh, you were serious... *backs away slowly*
... uhn, you should probably ignore that.
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It is rather cool, all jokes aside, indeed, that I could pay my astronaut friends (if I ever find any) to throw my Great Space Toaster out the "window" (see also: airlock) so that I can remote control my orbital mind control lasers without that 2 seconds of lag.
Muhahah!
In a word? Yes.
How else are we going to have a cool cinematic view of the earth for post apocolyptic movies where the human race was almost entirely wiped out by an alien race... come on now!
Good point... I would also think chucking something out of a space station window is a terribly dumb idea, explosive decompression and all.
The scenario would go something like this...
Space Jim: "Hey its hot in here open a window!"
Space Rob: "OH GOD MY LUNGS ARE INVERTING!"
... and so the 1st Inglewood satellite is launched...
Likewise, taking forever to reach other planets isn't too swell either.
... until we can do anything but crawl...
Long live warp and wormhole theory, we should slow down poking around space (as people, not slow down in probing, mind you)
NASA's breakthrough physics project
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/bpp/
Aye, there are, I've studied social implications to colors, which is rather what I was referring to. This is rather why I made my post to begin with. Obviously the color red doesn't mean "attention" for absolutely no reason.
... anyway, if you'd like more information, Google "color psychology" and check it out, you are quite likely to find the same things I've just said, but with many more examples.
So, yes, there is the connotation of stop / go, but this is NOT the primary American schema of red and green.
The important point (red) was already made, it involved correcting the author of the paper's selection of connotation, he selected the wrong implication.
Cheers!
(PS, this rather falls into the realm of cognitive psychology, and in a sense the color connotations of other cultures cognitive anthropology, both are younger fields but you may find additional data under these topics)
A lot of companies put a lot of stock in image, I can certainly understand this (especially in certain industries, for example, the defense industry)
These sorts of things should definately be taken on a 'as it becomes a problem' basis. Tattoos, not a big deal, ear rings, not a big deal...
There is just an unprofessional feel (IMHO) than other piercings (tongue, nose, eyebrow, the visible ones, whatever is hidden is YOUR business)... in my opinion... it may fit some industries or companies just fine, but in others it will not be taken well.
I, personally, enjoyed dressing up even when I didn't have to. It helped me to feel professional and psychologically helped me perform better, I think.
Once again, just my point of view.
Now they can discover the secret to death of old age at age 35!
Yessss!
I can't recall ever holding a rank higher than civilian, so I'd have to say no on that one, old bean... Cheers!
... and I wouldn't mind submitting in them, chances are most of my CSCI professors already have OO or wouldn't be daunted by an OO file, but I don't submit office-type documents to them, sadly (well, or not so sadly as the case may be) Some of the cognitive science professors I have had, however, can barely find the power button. They are who I have to be concerned with on issues of conversion ;)
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Cheer up, though, if the open source claims are right and the market share will yield to freedom and no cost solutions, then the days of these problems (and arguments) are limited.
I, as a pessimist, don't believe that open source will put much more than a chink in the armor of the big corporations... because people are suckers. Perhaps this is less pessimism and more realism...
===
Even if open source software is superior (not saying it is, but lets grant that premise) ... so we'll say it is... most companies seem full of people who really aren't too keen on a change in brands of coffee in the coffee room, much less a change in something that they have to put effort in learning (even if it is the same bloody setup)... the mindset that they need to "learn" something is intimidating enough... ... and these shared generalizations about the instinct of most people against change are enough to keep managers from being even more evasive to change...
I am rambling, however... :)
===
On a more on-our-specific-topic note... I doubt you have to worry about getting a lot of DOC files, anyway, unless you have people write proofs in *shudder* equation editor.
If you do, may God have mercy on your soul.
Cheers, once more!
1. Google needs to find and kill keyword-filled spam/malware/whatever pages. Not just remove them from their search list, but murder the people who started them.
2. Google needs to filter responses based on ad content. If there are a ton of ads, chances are, the site is bupkiss and its priority should be massively downgraded.
3. Google needs to filter based on ownership by holding companies. These cybersquatters should be downgraded in response priority and their pets should be sterlized or neutered to control the pet population.
4. Google needs to get back in the kitchen and make me a pie.
===
Fix those things, then perhaps we should worry about statistical analysis... (but hey, thats just me)
IMHO, if you want accurate stats and information, go to a library...
That is what I was referring to, aye, I would export from OO to DOC and that's where I had the formatting issues in question. Minor enough, unless you are doing something extensive (I haven't tried exporting mail merge documents or anything of the sort, no real call for me to make such things anymore... so I really don't know the extent of where it is lacking or excellent in those areas) ...
Listen, old bean, I am not bashing Open Office... likewise, RTF and HTML do not retain all formatting, PDF will, this is true, but PDF is not editable.
... but I don't think I'm going to ask a prospective employer, my boss (unless I know them really well), or my professors to install it.
Likewise, many of my friends use Open Office (which is why I decided to try it, actually)
Your argument that if you use a native format, there won't be compatability issues is perfectly valid, however it rather misses the point.
Compatability issues occur when you go outside of a native environment, that is the nature of these issues.
Cheers
The usage of red and green determines the meaning, if the higher statistic was red, it wouldn't be the "bad" effect he is stating.
... and the graphs aren't necessarily misleading in the aspect of spacing, the graph seems to be trying to show the ratio of difference, not the difference amount. ... aside from what looks like a bad example of bad examples... there are some good points in the article...
The statement that green is good, red is bad, is not really true. Red is an attention getter, Green is an easy, inobtrusive color (relaxing, generally).
While it is easy enough to make the leap that 'red' is bad because red is often an 'alert' color, the reason red is an alert color is because it is an attention getter, not because it means bad.
Why else do you think so many people drive red sports cars? If red was bad, why wouldn't they drive green ones?
This is an example of an unfortunate consequence of modern technology, increasing security 'fears' (I won't say if they are legit or not, I don't know), and (what could be considered) unscrupulous programmers....
... which is basically what they'd be doing with our E-mails, to try and find links.
While I can't find it, I seem to recall some earlier report stating that some young programmer had created a program that would sift through old case files from dead or dry cases and find leads (anyone have a link to this?)
There will probably be "misses" (false leads)... and I really can't see this as anything but a bad idea without some sort of aggregate threat counter or something of the sort, but... I do babble on.
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Suffice it to say, this is scary, but what isn't these days...
For my purposes, RTF would probably work, I think it retains bullet points and things like that... but RTF isn't always a good solution (versus DOC)
RTF will not retain complex formatting such as table information, graphic alignment and pagination or macros...
Obviously macros aren't a huge deal for most people... but export to PDF seems like a good option... (as long as you don't need to edit)