Sweet! Now there is an RPi0 with camera support that I cannot buy because they cannot supply to go with the original RPi0 I cannot buy because they cannot supply. I have saved like ten bucks!
Many applications (I refuse to use the term 'app' that diminishes the need for quality, but prefer the term 'applet') are still poorly written and documented. The obvious desire to release a product and start getting paid smells the same as a generation that values instant gratification over investment. I want an application that identifies and rejects poor software, sending it back to the code mill for completion.
If we cure narcissism, then we don't have to worry anymore about people who believe themselves so valuable as to be needed by the world forever. There is no mathematical reasoning that supports an immortal species, or even one that has extended their lifespan beyond three or four generations. Nature, at least on this planet, will not allow it.
Spinning disks are dead. They cost too much to produce, have too many moving parts, and require more expensive fabrication facilities than SSD. SSD manufacturing is easier and cheaper to distribute, preventing this problem.
As a technical member of a highly specialized profession, you alone may be able to quantify your output, particularly if you work independently on projects. Measuring the productivity of knowledge workers for the purposes of assessing cost and improving efficiency has been a management problem since Peter Drucker began writing about knowledge workers and the knowledge economy in the 1950's. Your counter of beans should know that if he or she has had any formal management training or has picked up a book. This is also one of the problems that has plagued the information technology field due the difficulty in determining return-on-investment and setting budgets accordingly. Your manager has a challenge ahead if he or she is determined to attach a prod-o-meter to your seat. One of the methods commonly used is through trouble-call tracking systems, and measuring statistics such as calls closed and average time to closure. It is unreasonable at best and destructive at worst to assess performance of project-oriented workers using these metrics. YMMV.
Very succinctly, lets give the $990M to the hurricane affected people of New Orleans and other devistated areas, and give a book to the people who would spend time completing paperwork for a coupon for digital TV. Or, since it is the Commerce Dept., give the money to affected businesses. Unbelieveable.
"Is the decision to exclude a platform and the associated revenue the correct one, or are the petitioners the ones that have gotten it wrong to think that their ca 1-5% marketshare matters?"
If the revenue generated from sales to the customers of Mac OS and Linux versions at least equals the cost of porting the application and other overhead, then it is worth porting. The reason is that you have then invested in incubating a new market, creating more reason for new customers to purchase or use those platforms, and in turn, your software, game or otherwise. It is analagous to investing in a new machine that will manufacture a new product. If you can return the investment in the first year (and cover any interest payments or venture capital ROI obligations) and create a market for sales in subsequent years, then it is worth the investment. If you are only catering to one platform, and that platform market shrinks, then you have left money on the table.
The notion that the voice call have been replaced by TM's and mobile web is proof that Gen Y is perhaps the most ego-centric generation. "We are doing it, and so must everyone else." If you look around, most people using mobile devices productively are talking. Try to close a major deal with a text message and you will be laughed at.
I question the choice of locations. It is asking for a disaster. People have short memories and shorter vision. They must have lots of redundancy and a hell of a lot of insurance.
"they FLY THROUGH areas of strong RF radiation all the time"...EXACTLY. How about...hmm the metropolitan airport? Planes seem to do fine landing and taking off constantly in the most concentrated RF fields ever generated. I would be embarrassed to be named in such an obviously slanted study. The public is truly ignorant if they believe such rubbish. If planes to too sensitive to be operated near cell phones, then don't fly in them.
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Money in the bank is how you tell if you are wealthy or not.
Too little, too late.
The Garmin Fenix 5 was just announced. This looks like a very useful and interesting personal assistant.
Sweet! Now there is an RPi0 with camera support that I cannot buy because they cannot supply to go with the original RPi0 I cannot buy because they cannot supply. I have saved like ten bucks!
Many applications (I refuse to use the term 'app' that diminishes the need for quality, but prefer the term 'applet') are still poorly written and documented. The obvious desire to release a product and start getting paid smells the same as a generation that values instant gratification over investment. I want an application that identifies and rejects poor software, sending it back to the code mill for completion.
The rich are rich because they work longer hours, and the poor are poor because they don't.
If we cure narcissism, then we don't have to worry anymore about people who believe themselves so valuable as to be needed by the world forever. There is no mathematical reasoning that supports an immortal species, or even one that has extended their lifespan beyond three or four generations. Nature, at least on this planet, will not allow it.
Spinning disks are dead. They cost too much to produce, have too many moving parts, and require more expensive fabrication facilities than SSD. SSD manufacturing is easier and cheaper to distribute, preventing this problem.
As a technical member of a highly specialized profession, you alone may be able to quantify your output, particularly if you work independently on projects. Measuring the productivity of knowledge workers for the purposes of assessing cost and improving efficiency has been a management problem since Peter Drucker began writing about knowledge workers and the knowledge economy in the 1950's. Your counter of beans should know that if he or she has had any formal management training or has picked up a book. This is also one of the problems that has plagued the information technology field due the difficulty in determining return-on-investment and setting budgets accordingly. Your manager has a challenge ahead if he or she is determined to attach a prod-o-meter to your seat. One of the methods commonly used is through trouble-call tracking systems, and measuring statistics such as calls closed and average time to closure. It is unreasonable at best and destructive at worst to assess performance of project-oriented workers using these metrics. YMMV.
Is this really on the top of Slashdot?
Very succinctly, lets give the $990M to the hurricane affected people of New Orleans and other devistated areas, and give a book to the people who would spend time completing paperwork for a coupon for digital TV. Or, since it is the Commerce Dept., give the money to affected businesses. Unbelieveable.
"Is the decision to exclude a platform and the associated revenue the correct one, or are the petitioners the ones that have gotten it wrong to think that their ca 1-5% marketshare matters?" If the revenue generated from sales to the customers of Mac OS and Linux versions at least equals the cost of porting the application and other overhead, then it is worth porting. The reason is that you have then invested in incubating a new market, creating more reason for new customers to purchase or use those platforms, and in turn, your software, game or otherwise. It is analagous to investing in a new machine that will manufacture a new product. If you can return the investment in the first year (and cover any interest payments or venture capital ROI obligations) and create a market for sales in subsequent years, then it is worth the investment. If you are only catering to one platform, and that platform market shrinks, then you have left money on the table.
The notion that the voice call have been replaced by TM's and mobile web is proof that Gen Y is perhaps the most ego-centric generation. "We are doing it, and so must everyone else." If you look around, most people using mobile devices productively are talking. Try to close a major deal with a text message and you will be laughed at.
...I have already switched to Ubuntu.
Howz about we just forget about bringing our depraved culture to the developing world and strive to eliminate genocide and rampant overpopulation.
I question the choice of locations. It is asking for a disaster. People have short memories and shorter vision. They must have lots of redundancy and a hell of a lot of insurance.
"they FLY THROUGH areas of strong RF radiation all the time"...EXACTLY. How about...hmm the metropolitan airport? Planes seem to do fine landing and taking off constantly in the most concentrated RF fields ever generated. I would be embarrassed to be named in such an obviously slanted study. The public is truly ignorant if they believe such rubbish. If planes to too sensitive to be operated near cell phones, then don't fly in them.