So, honestly, why not just use a Mac Mini or an inexpensive Mac laptop with iTunes? The audio quality is excellent, it's easy-to-use, and you have a more appliance-like experience with the remote control. The new versions of iTunes support some form of magic synchronization, so you can effectively have a distributed backup system as well.
Uhm, doesn't mono already give Linux this? All they need to do is finish gcc's support for CLR binaries and the problem is solved. (CLR / mono can call into the underlying platform's C API.)
An universally, every single one of these attempts failed; miserably.
Agreed, with one caveat: Accessories are a good way to test market technology to include in the next-gen version of a console. Even if these versions aren't a success as far as profitability goes; the developers get to become familiar with the technology, the bugs get worked out, and the marketers learn what kind of games people like. These lessons can then be applied to the PS4 and Xbox 720.
Somewhere in the middle of TNG, Captain Picard makes quite a few references to Homer. Anyway, at that point the legitimacy of their technology became less important to me. I see TNG as an imaginative foray into what lies throughout the galaxy. We all know that Homer's gods didn't exist, yet his works are still considered solid.
I agree with the parent. It's unfortunate, but sometimes headhunters mess about with the resume before sending it on.
There's different levels of "messing."
Some employment agencies want to brand their candidates so that companies are likely to work with them in the future. Tweaking the layout of a resume is, in my opinion, fair game.
Likewise, correcting grammatical errors and "tone" on the resume is not only helpful, but a valuable service. Some people just suck at resume writing. IMO, these changes should be shared with the candidate.
Falsification is wrong, but don't assume that changing a resume implies falsification.
Microsoft Visual Studio's C++ compiler has an option that lets you generate 100% CLR binaries that will run on Mac and Linux with mono. The limitation is that you can only use the.Net API.
Strange, I coded also medical software. I my company it was vice versa. Database had a bug? Who cares. Was invisible. But the UI had to be perfect. Pixel precision. This was what the customer could see. I quit.
Our customer knew what they were doing; and due to the nature of the project clearly prioritized the data.
No. Evolution works only on traits produced by genetic mutation, NOT traits acquired through behaviour.
No; evolution applies to behaviors taught from parents to their young. While the learned behaviors don't cause mutations; they do make one animal more fit then the other.
And yes, animals do rely on learned behavior. A bear without a mother to teach it to hunt is doomed to starve.
Makes sense in the sense that duct tape programmers may certainly be people to hire for developing GUIs. Ironically though, nothing gives software such a bad reputation as because of its GUI, and we have had bad GUIs for years. But I guess people working in health sector had years to complain and by now are used to it.
Not in this case. We had significant UI testing. The fact of the matter was that, to our customer, the data was the most important thing. Therefore, we had to prioritize a bullet-proof database for demos and milestones. QA helped us fine-tune the UI, but at that point the database was pretty solid.
Mission critical applications, like those used in health "industry"
I worked on medical software with duct tape programmers. They key was that we knew when to use duct tape and when to make something bulletproof. Our database was bulletproof; but we didn't care if the UI had a glitch.
An HTML text input has various Javascript events that you can use to trigger an AJAX call to the server, which you can then use to check if the record is locked. If you use the Prototype.js library to register events and make AJAX calls, it will handle the browser incompatibilities for you.
If you need to push events to the client about when a record gets locked, then things become harder and you'll need to be creative. You can either poll, or use a combination of polling and blocking on the server. (When you block on the server, the server blocks an incoming HTTP request until an event occurs.)
Well, VMware has a powerful set of tools for thin clients that go back to VMware servers. I know that they can virtualize MacOS, but I think it has to run on Apple hardware.
Anyway, the point of thin clients connecting to VMs is that managing the VMs is centralized. While I worked at VMware, I briefly worked with a team that automated installing updates, patches, and software to large groups of VMs. If you can do this with MacOS, it might be the ideal solution.
And who the hell throws away a case? It's the part that goes obsolete slowest, and several computers might occupy a case before it needs to be replaced.
Most people go out and buy a new computer when it's time for an upgrade.
Heck, I stopped continuously upgrading and now just buy a new computer every 3-5 years.
What some of us fail to notice is that, for some of the head drugs, we have no idea how they work! A few nights ago I read a press release for some new ADD pill that said that no one knew how it works, but they "proved" that it made ADD better.
It's as if we're just trying random chemicals until something works. Yikes.
Teaching children touch-typing is an excellent idea, but high school is much too late. Even junior high school kids have reports to write, and still younger kids are using computers. Touch-typing should be taught in elementary school. As far as the curriculum is concerned, grade five or six would probably be alright, but it might need to be earlier to prevent kids from fossilizing bad two-finger habits.
FIRST GRADE.
When I was in first grade my teacher took a keyboard, photocopied it, and then laminated the copies. We spent a few afternoons learning to place our fingers in the correct touch typing positions.
That's the only instruction I had in touch typing, and as a result I naturally picked it up. I've never timed myself, but I type very fast.
I think it is more about saving money, after all the cables aren't free and they are trying to get prices as low as they can on expensive hardware, and because people don't need or want a "one size fits all" cable.
I thought the point of the HDMI was to have a "one size fits all" cable. It seems that they made the spec flexible enough so that it can be backwards and forwards compatible with whatever protocols come down the pipe for the next 20-30 years or so.
The problem is that everybody isn't just going to run out and replace their TVs because the home electronics industry finally figured out how to have a decent cable.
I use each CD exactly once. To rip it to high-quality MP3. Then it gets cased up in a waterproof rubbermaid bin in the basement. I have lots of them.:)
I don't have a basement and move every few years. Carrying things that don't get used is just silly for me when I can have 100 gigs of music duplicated among many computers.
I doubt this will be mainstream when it comes out. This sounds more akin to early TV that was broadcast over AM waves back in the 1930s. Back then, the entire industry was experimental and viewers were hobbyists. The broadcast technology changed every year. I would expect 3D-TV's technology to evolve for a decade or two before it's ready for mass-market standards.
holographic 3D that you can move around and choose your own perspective.
Producers would probably hate that.
That sounds like the arguments given against recording music in Stereo, or against filming in color. I have a feeling most producers would find the trade-off worth the extra artistic expression; but some will stick with 2-d just like some stuck with mono or black & white.
There are times and places for each. Streaming lets you discover new music with little risk. Downloading lets you listen to specific music any time and any place, without regards to network conditions.
Surely, there is room in this world for both models.
There's also room for a transparent caching algorithm as well. For example, a phone could dedicate 8 gigabytes to a cache, and if you play something that's still in the cache, it doesn't download it.
When the phone goes out of service, the only music available is what's still in the cache. If you want to get more complicated, the phone can allow the user to pin some music in the cache so it's always there for long plane rides.
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So, honestly, why not just use a Mac Mini or an inexpensive Mac laptop with iTunes? The audio quality is excellent, it's easy-to-use, and you have a more appliance-like experience with the remote control. The new versions of iTunes support some form of magic synchronization, so you can effectively have a distributed backup system as well.
But it kind of looks like they think because they have Hollywood they need to make the audiovisual aspect Hollywood grade
I get the impression that you've never met an "entertainment person". They can't tell the difference between entertaining people and real work.
Uhm, doesn't mono already give Linux this? All they need to do is finish gcc's support for CLR binaries and the problem is solved. (CLR / mono can call into the underlying platform's C API.)
So what? Car manufacturers can just include a passive repeater. It's not a big deal.
An universally, every single one of these attempts failed; miserably.
Agreed, with one caveat: Accessories are a good way to test market technology to include in the next-gen version of a console. Even if these versions aren't a success as far as profitability goes; the developers get to become familiar with the technology, the bugs get worked out, and the marketers learn what kind of games people like. These lessons can then be applied to the PS4 and Xbox 720.
Somewhere in the middle of TNG, Captain Picard makes quite a few references to Homer. Anyway, at that point the legitimacy of their technology became less important to me. I see TNG as an imaginative foray into what lies throughout the galaxy. We all know that Homer's gods didn't exist, yet his works are still considered solid.
What about all of the flash games?
I agree with the parent. It's unfortunate, but sometimes headhunters mess about with the resume before sending it on.
There's different levels of "messing."
Some employment agencies want to brand their candidates so that companies are likely to work with them in the future. Tweaking the layout of a resume is, in my opinion, fair game.
Likewise, correcting grammatical errors and "tone" on the resume is not only helpful, but a valuable service. Some people just suck at resume writing. IMO, these changes should be shared with the candidate.
Falsification is wrong, but don't assume that changing a resume implies falsification.
Microsoft Visual Studio's C++ compiler has an option that lets you generate 100% CLR binaries that will run on Mac and Linux with mono. The limitation is that you can only use the .Net API.
This is why I keep personal and hobby web sites 100% non-commercial.
Strange, I coded also medical software. I my company it was vice versa. Database had a bug? Who cares. Was invisible. But the UI had to be perfect. Pixel precision. This was what the customer could see. I quit.
Our customer knew what they were doing; and due to the nature of the project clearly prioritized the data.
No. Evolution works only on traits produced by genetic mutation, NOT traits acquired through behaviour.
No; evolution applies to behaviors taught from parents to their young. While the learned behaviors don't cause mutations; they do make one animal more fit then the other.
And yes, animals do rely on learned behavior. A bear without a mother to teach it to hunt is doomed to starve.
Makes sense in the sense that duct tape programmers may certainly be people to hire for developing GUIs. Ironically though, nothing gives software such a bad reputation as because of its GUI, and we have had bad GUIs for years. But I guess people working in health sector had years to complain and by now are used to it.
Not in this case. We had significant UI testing. The fact of the matter was that, to our customer, the data was the most important thing. Therefore, we had to prioritize a bullet-proof database for demos and milestones. QA helped us fine-tune the UI, but at that point the database was pretty solid.
Mission critical applications, like those used in health "industry"
I worked on medical software with duct tape programmers. They key was that we knew when to use duct tape and when to make something bulletproof. Our database was bulletproof; but we didn't care if the UI had a glitch.
An HTML text input has various Javascript events that you can use to trigger an AJAX call to the server, which you can then use to check if the record is locked. If you use the Prototype.js library to register events and make AJAX calls, it will handle the browser incompatibilities for you.
If you need to push events to the client about when a record gets locked, then things become harder and you'll need to be creative. You can either poll, or use a combination of polling and blocking on the server. (When you block on the server, the server blocks an incoming HTTP request until an event occurs.)
Well, VMware has a powerful set of tools for thin clients that go back to VMware servers. I know that they can virtualize MacOS, but I think it has to run on Apple hardware.
Anyway, the point of thin clients connecting to VMs is that managing the VMs is centralized. While I worked at VMware, I briefly worked with a team that automated installing updates, patches, and software to large groups of VMs. If you can do this with MacOS, it might be the ideal solution.
Can you do virtualization with thin clients and Apple servers?
And who the hell throws away a case? It's the part that goes obsolete slowest, and several computers might occupy a case before it needs to be replaced.
Most people go out and buy a new computer when it's time for an upgrade.
Heck, I stopped continuously upgrading and now just buy a new computer every 3-5 years.
What some of us fail to notice is that, for some of the head drugs, we have no idea how they work! A few nights ago I read a press release for some new ADD pill that said that no one knew how it works, but they "proved" that it made ADD better.
It's as if we're just trying random chemicals until something works. Yikes.
Teaching children touch-typing is an excellent idea, but high school is much too late. Even junior high school kids have reports to write, and still younger kids are using computers. Touch-typing should be taught in elementary school. As far as the curriculum is concerned, grade five or six would probably be alright, but it might need to be earlier to prevent kids from fossilizing bad two-finger habits.
FIRST GRADE.
When I was in first grade my teacher took a keyboard, photocopied it, and then laminated the copies. We spent a few afternoons learning to place our fingers in the correct touch typing positions.
That's the only instruction I had in touch typing, and as a result I naturally picked it up. I've never timed myself, but I type very fast.
I think it is more about saving money, after all the cables aren't free and they are trying to get prices as low as they can on expensive hardware, and because people don't need or want a "one size fits all" cable.
I thought the point of the HDMI was to have a "one size fits all" cable. It seems that they made the spec flexible enough so that it can be backwards and forwards compatible with whatever protocols come down the pipe for the next 20-30 years or so.
The problem is that everybody isn't just going to run out and replace their TVs because the home electronics industry finally figured out how to have a decent cable.
I use each CD exactly once. To rip it to high-quality MP3. Then it gets cased up in a waterproof rubbermaid bin in the basement. I have lots of them. :)
I don't have a basement and move every few years. Carrying things that don't get used is just silly for me when I can have 100 gigs of music duplicated among many computers.
I doubt this will be mainstream when it comes out. This sounds more akin to early TV that was broadcast over AM waves back in the 1930s. Back then, the entire industry was experimental and viewers were hobbyists. The broadcast technology changed every year. I would expect 3D-TV's technology to evolve for a decade or two before it's ready for mass-market standards.
holographic 3D that you can move around and choose your own perspective.
Producers would probably hate that.
That sounds like the arguments given against recording music in Stereo, or against filming in color. I have a feeling most producers would find the trade-off worth the extra artistic expression; but some will stick with 2-d just like some stuck with mono or black & white.
There are times and places for each. Streaming lets you discover new music with little risk. Downloading lets you listen to specific music any time and any place, without regards to network conditions. Surely, there is room in this world for both models.
There's also room for a transparent caching algorithm as well. For example, a phone could dedicate 8 gigabytes to a cache, and if you play something that's still in the cache, it doesn't download it.
When the phone goes out of service, the only music available is what's still in the cache. If you want to get more complicated, the phone can allow the user to pin some music in the cache so it's always there for long plane rides.